Another afternoon, another bit of time, another gouache. Today, since we are in December, it is time to visit mythological scenes of snow and cold as today we had 70+ F, and tomorrow more of the same with the possibility of fires because of the winds.
I am also in a bit of a dilemma – are the trees too heavy on the left hand side of the painting, or should they be reduced a bit in volume? The only way to do this is to crop the picture, so I did it in Lightroom.
Or is the square one a better painting?
I am rather torn. So, a slide show to compare them side by side. Drag the <> as far as you can left to right if you want to see them . . .
Your thoughts??
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I like the square one better. You give the hint of the heavy trees, but not too much of them.
I like the rectangular one better. It’s balanced and asymmetrical. The fence leads us around on the road.
I think a rectangular crop would have been my choice, I like the trees in the square one but feel it’s a bit white heavy at the bottom.
I prefer the rectangular crop, but agree that the trees are a little heavy on the left. Maybe something like a 6×7 aspect crop would work?
Thanks for the comment and idea, fishyfisharcade (love that name!). I will look at it and see what else I can do – maybe just a free form crop? Or crops?
Thanks, Fraggy. Hard to say with this one!
Thanks, Anne. It really is hard to say which one of the crops, if any, work. I am enjoying everyone’s comments – shows how different we all are.
Thanks for the thought, Kathy, and the observation. This is one of those paintings which has some good parts, in my opinion, but so much else against it – namely those heavy trees.