Name: A Warm Bridge in a Cold Winter
Medium: Acrylic on Mixed Media Paper
Description:
Countinging the theme of bridges I went with a wooden covered bridge in the middle of winter. The darker maroon color of the bridge contrasted hard against the snow which stuck with black and white values with a small areas frozen branches, snow topped rocks and a glimpse of dirt showing through through small patches of thin snow on the ground. The branches, the path and the tree trunks all bend towards the center of the piece to attract the viewer's eye to the bridge.
Part of the reason I chose a fairly low on color image for my reference was to get more practice blocking out values within layers of an image and translating that to a painting. There is only a small amount of blending of colors present in this image, mostly in the shadows of the bridge. Overall I was pretty satisfied with this piece, I felt the perspective on the bridge wasn't terrible and that the snow covered branches that frame the image had some depth to them along with the trees that sat at the end of the bridge in the center of the image. The biggest change I would do if I were to redo the piece would to be to add some variety to the farthest back layer. As it stands its just a flat dark gray, which while it allows the snow to pop, is very dull if you look past the branches.
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