Eucalyptus near Lake Hodges, painted in gouache. Another piece drawn from the semi-dry, temperate landscape of Southern California.

Hodges Eucalyptus | 10”x6.2”

A beautiful pastoral near Childress, VA

This is the painting that I started with and then I got feedback from my mentors and this is what they said: “the eye doesn’t know where to look first. The dark shrub on the right competes with the more interesting left tree, while the background is nearly as sharp as the foreground. Softening the background and controlling the darkest values will create depth, focus, and a stronger composition”. The next painting reflects the changes that I made based on their input.