I finally figured it out that I forgot to do the composition before I even painted! I did it when I took the Introduction to drawing and oil painting; over and over we learned the composition when we used pencils, charcoal, and India ink. The first thing I did when we did oil painting outside was to use my hand-made square pattern with strings crisscrossing in the middle so that I could see where the focal point was and where the border lines were.
I have been painting my sky from the pictures I took and from my memory. I sketched on a 9x12 watercolor paper and then moved on to 91/2 x13 paper. My goal is to use 22 x 30, so I moved to 18x24, too big a jump, and I got lost. Why didn't I buy 12x18? I thought about changing the proposed paper size to smaller ones.
Today I finally figured it out that I didn't think about the composition at all. I drew on my picture a vertical and horizontal lines crisscrossing in the center. I feel a lot better about my painting today. I started feeling comfortable with watercolor, too.
Hopefully I can start my proposed work after the fall break. I might still change the paper size after I talk to Dustyn tomorrow.
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