#156 and #157 7/24/19 Two More Landscapes - Rolled Hay Bales and the Bull

Tap, tap, tap, roll the brush, tap, tap, tap.  That's what I did with these two landscapes.  They were a few days in the making....one day to paint in the sky and some of the foreground.  Then let it dry a bit, then come back in for the tapping.  I like the tapping for tree leaves.  It takes a while, but I like the textured effect.  I think I'm going to use this to fix the penguin ground too, there's always time to fix an oil painting.  Thank you Yasser Fayad!  Another thing I did with the three landscapes is not use any green paint....only yellow, blue and brown.  I figured that it would look a bit more natural, as every time I put my brush into the palette I'd be picking up a slightly different color.

These are two scenes that I pass on my way to work....I stop every once in a while on my way home, if the weather is nice and take some pictures.  When the hay bales were made, I noticed them in the morning (no time to stop) and I hoped and prayed that they would still be there on my way home for a photo shoot.  Heck, they stayed there for weeks.  The bull had a buddy with him on my way to work one morning (again, no time to stop, I allow zero extra seconds for my ride to work, extra seconds would be lost sleep) but on the way home it was just this one guy.  He didn't look too thrilled that I was there at the fence taking pictures.  If he had charged, I likely would have had a heart attack!  But he calmed right down and went about his business of eating more grass....so I took lots of pictures.  I asked Joe to give me a critique on this new technique, and he looked at each of the 3 landscapes and said, "Derivative......Lame......Belongs in the trash!"  He then explained he was quoting a Spongebob episode.  Uggggh.  His only advice was that the driveway on the haybales painting looked off, like it was a random stripe on an otherwise nice picture of a farm.  Good eye, I fixed it.

I'll look at these again tomorrow and maybe fix more things.