While I’d love to be painting in the south of France in the springtime that’s not always possible (if ever). And while a fresh, white blanket of snow can be pretty, I’m not going out there to paint.
Hence the photographic reference comes into play.
This week’s eCourse Dreama tells us her photo had white shutters but she made them blue in Photoshop®. I also notice some of the flowers have been squiggled in with some color as well.
I do my best to compose in the camera, trying to get a paintable shot. Photoshop allows me to crop out and add elements to those not so perfect shots and work it out before I even get to the canvas. Every little bit helps.
The photo, after all, is not something to be copied, but a jumping off point for so much more.
Here is my “blue shutters” painting from week 6. #DreamLovePaint
andreajeris 
Another nice piece of work!
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 2:20 PM, andreajeris wrote:
> Andrea Jeris posted: ” While I’d love to be painting in the south of > France in the springtime that’s not always possible (if ever). And while a > fresh, white blanket of snow can be pretty, I’m not going out there to > paint. Hence the photographic reference comes into play. Th” >
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Wow! This is just beautiful!
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wow! I have a hard time going loose and your painting style encourages me. 🙂
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That’s why I took the eCourse with Dreama Tolle Perry. I tried on my own to loosen up, but her course did the trick.
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I love her work! I will have to look into the ecourse and go through your posts. I know that I will be learning a lot through your blog. 🙂
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