Breaking Through the Clouds 9x12 pastel, copyright 2012
Sometime working in a home studio is a bit isolating. Being surrounded by fellow artists can offer unexpected insights as well as lively discussion on color theory, perspective, art history... all the technical details of what goes into a painting. But sometime the technicalities and techniques can bog you down, especially when the only insight you really need is, does it look right?
Despite his protestations of "I'm not an artist", I have managed to convince my husband that his insights are quite helpful. With this painting, he pointed out that it looked much better when the large, closer tree was more defined. There are reasons for this having to do with perspective and line and depth; the simple truth is, he was right and it does look better. Sometimes all it takes is fresh eyes.
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Your husband has made a great suggestion. It's a lovely painting and the eye is drawn in by the tree.
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