Lowering the Art

Last week when I published a blog post about our new dining room chairs, something looked “off” to me in the photos, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.  I  just knew something wasn’t right.  Then I read this post by Mary Ann, which we featured on Saturday.  I knew immediately what I had done wrong and what needed to be corrected.

 

Can you see the problem?

 

 

Can you see the change I made????  Right.  I lowered the art and/or added some more.  In the first photo you can see that the art needed to be lower.

 

 

 

Instead of lowering it, I shifted one painting and added another.  In this little reading corner in the great room, I added another painting under the top one.  By the way, those two are my latest paintings that I haven’t shown you.

 

 

In this space between the two doorways, I added a small oil painting that used to hang on the other wall.  It fits this space much better.  It is off-center because of the darn light switch.  I am pleased to say that since I followed my own suggestions, the silver didn’t have to be polished for this photo because it was already looking great.  You can read about my cherry painting here.  I bought the small oil painting from my art teacher who painted in on a trip to Ireland.

 

 

I think everything looks much better now.

 

 

 

Here’s a close-up of a still life I did.  First, I created a vignette and took a photo of it.  I then followed the photo for my painting.  It was really fun to paint this one.  I feel as if I have started creating my own style, which I am calling loosey-goosey.  It looks a little washed out in this photo.  It is really bright.

 

 

 

This is another one that is very whimsical.  I like it a lot, too.  However, I think my art teacher isn’t so sure.

 

 

So, there you have it – my latest tweaks in the great room and my latest art.  I hope you enjoyed them.  Thanks for stopping in.

 

Take care.

 

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