I've moved on to lesson 2 of Jane Davies' downloadable workshop The Keys to Dynamic Composition: the abstract landscape. This is a very different exercise than lesson 1. The first photo is the composition midway through:
I'm glad to still be using up bits of my Gelli prints, albeit small bits, most of which got painted over.
The finished version (I think):
I can't say I'm satisfied with it, but that's not really the point. I'm learning. Perhaps one of the most important things I'm learning is to tolerate results that are less than satisfying. While I've always known this is important and that I'll need to do a lot of 'meh' stuff to develop the skills and knowledge to make stuff that is really pleasing to me in its final form, knowing this in the abstract and knowing this in the doing have been distant relatives for me. This has meant I haven't done a lot of doing!
Importantly, I also found the process enjoyable.
It feels like it needs something further, but I don't know what that might be. I'm also not sure about the maroon top; it's possibly too strong and though I tried to knock it back, I didn't want pink.
More to come...
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