This is part 3, then: Finishing a painting
If you are using a resource, you must realize that no one cares about the resource unless you drag it along: bad idea. Serve the work not the resource.
Train your eye but follow your heart. Don’t be afraid to finish and then paint another painting. Most artists have several paintings of the same thing at some point in their development.
Details must be believable. Don’t add photographic blur or extreme foreshortening unless it serves the work. Sometimes, it’s best to get a second opinion (resource) if there is too much photographic distortion in the main resource.
Beware of the ‘great nothing’! Be willing to make a decision about what exists in dark, undefined potions of your resource. This decision may be based on additional resource, memory or gut feeling. It’s better to be wrong than to create a feeling of neglect.
Bring details into all areas together. Never overwork one spot in the canvas as that destroys unity. If you follow this concept, you will know when the painting is finished.
The painting above "Trail, Devil's Den State Park" is the one I referred to in part 2. I considered naming it "Out of the Shadows" but settled on Trail, . . . instead.
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