This is adjusted painting to address things that bothered me.
Initial version is here: https://www.twoinchbrush.com/originals/Sunnylady/tuscany-view
On the arch you can see a glimpse of what varnished painting color will look like. I used retouch varnish to bring colors back in that opening of the arch and also to let new colors to stick to already dry paint layer when I was redoing the details.
Please feel free to comment on what you think about light condition now versus old version.
Thanks Tom for idea about little house. I think it adds life to it.
Please kindly see an attached photo as well because due to the photo compression that overlays non-ideal surface of glued textile it creates weird pattern worse than I ever saw before and nothing could fix it unfortunately.
So pretty!
The added darker paint layer overall (like the barrel, doorway, and greens) definitely adds to the richness and depth in this updated version. I love the house in the background! I also see that you eliminated the clouds. At first I did not think much either way but after going back and forth between your 2 versions, I agree that the plain blue sky forces it more into the background instead of drawing your eye. Great job on this!
@mgiese, @paintingblondie - thank you very much!
@flippergirl - thanks for your valuable comment and checking both versions. I indeed removed clouds as the entire sky was not illuminated right to show sun is quite low to produce such angled shadows, I also thought without them it gets the eye to appreciate landscape more rather than jumping between land and sky.
I altered distant mountains to make them a bit colder in value, grew up cypress trees behind the barrel. Sad that vineyards didn’t not grow that fast :)
You are right about shadows when I made them darker the 3D came and created layers of objects. It was an aha moment and I liked it.
@flippergirl - also unintentionally I created mathematical thing with cypresses 1-2-3. Cannot decide if that matters or not.
I see the 1/2/3 you are referring to however the "3" is not so distinctly 3 to my eye. Kind of looks like 4, and so far away that I did not notice until you pointed it out. I think the house obscures them enough to look like a bunch.
Glad this is not obvious. Yeah kinda “3.5”, one is a half a cypress.
Probably I am over analyzing what I did, since the painting bothered me a while. I did not notice many things while I was painting. Process was a joy and learning curve. Fixing was a joy and learning curve too.
Thanks Tom!
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Very nice