Morning desert
A friend took this photo the other day. Not sure if it is in southern Utah or northern Arizona.
My wife thought it was nice and requested a painting. I took liberties with it since I did not think a road scene was great, so I made a hiking path. Tried to keep the essence of the view.
In retrospect, I wish I had also changed the slope of hill on left. I did eliminate the snow. We have enough on ground here, I don't need more in a painting.
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Oh, and after I made the comments that I wrote below, I went poking around online and I found this great article, if you are interested, on “The Power of Contrast in Art.”
https://etchrlab.com/blogs/news/the-power-of-contrast-in-art
I also found this video by Roland Lee, whose work I like, on Cliffs and Shadows in Zion, if you like watching watercolor videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7RAWJr_A4Q