Winter corn
Posted: February 25, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized 20 Comments“The advantage of painting outside is simply that you are there, ‘living’ the subject. In experiencing this heightened awareness of everything, you are able to paint with far greater sensitivity and conviction. In the studio, however, the experience is second-hand: you have somehow to recapture what it is like to be in a location, responding to a subject.”
David Curtis, from the introduction to his book “Painting on Location, Secrets to Plein Air Painting”
I have only just started the book but that is definitely a secret that rings true for me and the reason I packed up my painting supplies and spent a few hours looking across the cornfield this morning.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
I love this… and everything else that you paint. What colors did you use in this one?
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Thanks Diane. I used lots of cobalt blue, lots of raw sienna, a bit of Alizarin and some Ultramarine.
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Hi Shari
Beautiful painting as always – but extra special this time. Not sure if it’s the aerial perspective, the perfect colour palette or that wonderful tree and the use of negative shapes. Guess the truth is it’s all of those and more! Great job … and how right David Curtis is.
Tony
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Thanks so much Tony. When I saw this tree I loved the contrast between the dark branches and the lighter trunk and so I made it the subject of the painting.
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That is such a beautiful scene – I love the winter and this makes is that much more special. Thank you Shari.
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Thanks Connie!
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This is just plain wonderful. The picture is simple, yet there is so much going on. I love how you kept parts of the tree white and then included the darker, secondary branches for contrast. Thank you for posting this.
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And thank you for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate it.
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Nice work! I particularly like the way the foreground tree breaks the picture plane at both top and bottom.
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Thanks Ross!
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Gorgeous! It looks pretty cold, too.
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It is still pretty cold here Vicky. And getting colder too!
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Wonderful, the tree especially. Nice atmospher. Congratulations for thisbeautiful painting !
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Thank you!
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I pass there every day and I know this area well! You rendered it beautifully Shari — good job -)
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Thanks Jane. That cornfield is always so beautiful in winter. And it was perfect use of a blob of raw sienna that had overflowed in my palette!
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I love your winter corn and specially the bich tree. Excellent job in doing the bark and the small branches.
It gives you a sense that awinter is beautifull.
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I went to my county art league meeting this week. Signed up for this October painting exhibit. The theme is winter and Christmas. I really like this, thanks for the idea.
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Very Nice
Bonne continuation
Sofiane
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I KEEP COMING BACK to this piece – again and again. The light on the tree is captivating and so instantly understood. All else compliments the tree. Your sky and yellow corn superb foils. A living piece, one ‘feels’ as if one is there, in the scene. Exceptional. Really really great. I could go on and on – something that will always capture the eye, and hold it, simply because it will roam over the scene, looking for the magic.
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