Shapes, texture, color, and layer upon layer of mountain vistas ... there's so much to love about the Tuscan countryside! This is a photo from our visit to Tuscany several years ago. My painting goal was to capture the zigzag movement from foreground to background using the elements of hills, road, olive trees, and cypress.
Here is my painted sketch on the 20x40in canvas.
And here is my wild color stage -- a thin layer of transparent oil paints. At this point I was having second thoughts about how I was going to resolve the the foreground fence and hill with the road at the bottom right. Not sure if they were helpful or hindering.
Ultimately, I decided to remove those elements, opting for the simpler, less cluttered hill to move the eye through the scene. Enjoy a bit of Italy!
"Tuscan Hills", 20x40 Oil, available
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