Well For Goodness Sakes!

Wow, it's been a month since I last posted...I sure am slack! Not really though, I have been studying John F. Carlson's excellent book "Guide to Landscape Painting". He was one of the best landscape artists, and his book is full of knowledge. I found however, it's one thing to "get" what he's writing, it's another to put it into practice. I've finished this:

Well into the painting, I realized my horizontals weren't, and set about to straighten them out. That wasn't fun AT ALL, all that careful work. Anyway, I dug deep and did it. I don't know if anyone has ever stressed this, but really, it should be obvious to us that intended verticals and horizontals MUST be vertical and horizontal to the substrate, or all else fails. This becomes very noticeable when you stick a cattywompuss into a frame. Sounds simple enough but I've seen many paintings that were uncomfortably out of square. I hope you have a wonderful day, Cindy