Tips & Techniques

Creating a Montage

Transcribed from the program.
Creating a montage is a really neat way to present more subject matter.

Initially when I got to Clarkdale Fruit Farm, I thought: "Oh, this is perfect; I'll paint the cider shed and red barn."

And, I did. I sat right down on an old milk crate and started to work on that image.

Then as I walked around, I realized there was so much more to paint.

I just loved going up into the orchards and capturing the essence of the trees and the texture of the apples.

It was just the perfect subject matter for doing a couple of images.

Keep this idea in mind the next time you are out looking at subject matter: sometimes a few smaller images can be just as effective in capturing the essence of a location as one big painting.

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