Another quick painting in ArtRage 2.5 that I did a week ago, but didn't have a chance to post. Click image for larger version.
So much for making this a regular occurence. I've been coming home exhausted a lot lately, so I haven't had a chance to do more of these paintings.
I have to admit being a little surprised that these paintings don't take more that an hour or two to create. Given how rarely I paint and how underdeveloped my art skills have become, I thought it would take longer. It's heartening though. Perhaps my skills haven't deteriorated as much as I originally thought.
With these paintings, I'm eschewing detail in an attempt to teach myself more about form. A mountain isn't a bunch of squiggly lines with even more squiggly lines to represent the crevices. Rather, it's a set of solid triangular blocks smashed together with a mass of trees planted near the base and a light dollop of snow near the top. With that in mind, a few blocky brush strokes can turn a mass of paint into a recognizable shape.