Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Sara's!

When I first saw Sara's living room, the homeyness, colors, and light were beautiful!  It looked like a painting I needed to do.  I took a photo in the hope that I would actually try a painting.  Over a year later I tried this gouache piece, my first interior.  With the sunlight pouring in the two windows, my photo was overexposed, washing out the light details.  As I painted, I kind of liked the blown-out highlights.  I might have tried adding too much detail in the drapes and windows.  I also thought about the idea of actually painting this in person, sitting in Sara's living room.  It would be much harder for me.  With the photo, everything was already flattened for me into two dimensions!  Of course this would be true with painting outdoors as well.  But for me it's the opposite, preferring painting en plein air over a photo of the scene.  I loved painting this and would like to try more interiors.

4 x 6" Gouache



... For Sara ...

15 comments:

  1. Your painting does a great job of capturing the sense of the place.

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  2. A tricky scene I would think but boy you handled it so well. I love your colour choices too Sherry



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  3. OMG, Sherry!! This is my very favorite of yours, now. I am very partial to painting interiors, even though I haven't done much at all in that respect myself, but this is a masterpiece - I just love it!

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    1. So nice of you Joani! I do want to find more living rooms to paint.

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  5. You put all that info into a tiny bit of space? you rock Sherry!!! It's gorgeous - love the carpet

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    1. Well, the size was because of a frame...that I ended up not using...:-)

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  6. Oh, you should most definitely continue painting interiors, Sherry! How lovely!. I do not find the drapes/windows over-detailed at all - in fact, I like their wispy-ness. Looking forward to what's next.

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    1. It was fun and I'm hoping I can find more interiors to try. Thanks Terry!

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  7. This is gorgeous Sherry... really like it!!

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