Winter Church House Study
This is a quick study of a winter scene with a small church house. I have been studying Richard Schmid’s landscape paintings and he uses a very high horizon line in his compositions with very little going on in the foreground. I though I would play around with this in some of my paintings.
I started by dividing the canvas into 5ths and place the horizon at the second 5th vertically. Then I simplified the foreground details. I like the overall effect and how your eye is quickly drawn to the subject. I will work on softening the other items in the painting as Mr Schmid does so masterfully!
Have you tried this approach? What do you think about it?
Hope you enjoy!
Winter Church House Study - 10” x 8” Oil on prepared panel. Painted with Holbein Duo Aqua water mixable oil paints. Music is “Silver Lining” by Danyew. You can check out more of his music at www.Danyew.com
