Summer Hikers. by Stephen Slater

Nice painting again Stephen , great shadows and the hikers give it life all in all a lovely piece.

I just downloaded this one Stephen I hope its okay I cropped it see how it would look and I like it.

Many thanks Dennis, most interesting.

Hi Stephen a thought , if you watch joseph zbukvics video he takes his reference photo and manipulates it I e crop and adjust colour and contrast blob a figure in loosely ,when he's happy with composition then he uses that as his reference. You can photograph your reference then connect your phone to computer and download, or if you have a flatbed scanner scan in and manipulate then paint of that. I don't know if that's of interest to you but I hope so.

Great piece Stephen

Many thanks Dennis and Dennis. I do play around with my reference photos on my pc or iPad but your thoughts on cropping etc. are very thought provoking, it is all to easy to rush things and just copy from the photo, although that can produce energetic work, as with my San Gimignano sketch, which people have commented on being energetic. It's good to try different approaches and good to hear other's views on P O L.

Lovely sunlit piece, Stephen.

Many thanks once again Seok.