This painting was done from a plein air study I did a couple weeks ago (a post on July 1st) when I was out painting with my brother Chris at Core Creek Park. A few things interested me about this scene, first was the strip of bright grass separating the background from the middle distance trees.
The other was seeing into the shadows on the group of trees on the left next to the walking path. I wanted to maintain the contrast of shadow and sunlight but still being able to see in the shadow areas.
I added a jogger on the path to lead you into the scene and had the shadows of the trees mimic the shape of the walking path.
I am rediscovering this local county park the more I go there. Even though we have fished there when we were younger and I have painted there over the years I think the more I learn about painting the more things I see that I didn't before. Its like seeing the park with fresh eyes.
Core Creek Park is only 6 to 8 minutes away so its an easy trip when your time is limited.
I'm going to try to do a series of paintings within this park over the course of a year to see where my interests lie.
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Hi Pat, I tried to leave a comment yesterday and blogger 'blew up' on me! Anyway, I just wanted to say how wonderful the light and feeling of distance is in this painting. Looks like this sauntering figure will have a great walk :)
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