Splashing Paint to Loosen Up

These paintings were done by splashing various colors and completely covering the painting surface.  Then you paint negatively and create something from those splashes.  It is a great exercise to loosen you up so you can paint more freely and creatively.  I learned this technique from Bob Burridge. Why don't you try it?  

Here is one I've been working on.  I had some trouble with the foreground because it didn't follow the landscape rules.  It should be the second lightest besides the sky but in the photo I took it wasn't.  So I just painted what I saw instead. When I painted what I saw from the photo, it was like a dark wall blocking the hills behind.  It just didn't want to work.  So I went back in and lightened the foreground and allowed some light through the trees.  I like it a lot better.  Lesson learned:  Don't rely just on a photo, but go with my gut instinct too.

Landscape Rules from Darkest Values to Lightest Values:

• darkest values-verticals
• next -slanted planes
• next-ground
• lightest-sky

Hello Fello Artists... I have a Portrait Painting Workshop coming up
You can find the event on my page, the link is below.
Hope we are able to spend the day painting together... enjoy

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jane-Gillespie-Fine-Art/444083785698431

Jane
http://janegillespiefineart.com/