tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640331618261060721.post8374468051513918787..comments2023-12-20T02:26:04.486-05:00Comments on Paintings and More by Sonya: Road Trip series - #2 & 3, in oilsSonya Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01879889885162011649noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640331618261060721.post-1599816588931883752012-02-24T20:00:22.619-05:002012-02-24T20:00:22.619-05:00Thanks for the help that you posted on Casey's...Thanks for the help that you posted on Casey's blog!!Pam Holnbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569629104736368674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640331618261060721.post-86433953335120672642012-02-24T11:00:23.626-05:002012-02-24T11:00:23.626-05:00Thanks so much Darla! I definitely struggled with...Thanks so much Darla! I definitely struggled with the aerial perspective in #2 (and just the painting in general), but I'm glad that it at least reads okay to someone else :). Adjusting my palette for #3 helped a lot.<br /><br />Hi Liz - I know, right? There is something compelling about the lone dwelling as a subordinate to the land. It's also something that is unique to our region: almost everywhere else in the country, it's hard to not see the land cluttered with man-made structures.Sonya Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879889885162011649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640331618261060721.post-47423646734456188732012-02-24T09:18:00.154-05:002012-02-24T09:18:00.154-05:00I am always facinated when I see a little lonely h...I am always facinated when I see a little lonely house dwarfed by the expansive desert. You really captured that feeling. Both of these are beautiful. Looks like it was a nice road trip too!Liz Hampton-Derivan Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07808447696639961282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640331618261060721.post-27710893319473605682012-02-23T23:32:52.686-05:002012-02-23T23:32:52.686-05:00I think these are both great, Sonya! I love your ...I think these are both great, Sonya! I love your composition in the first one. The highway really leads your eye into the painting in an interesting way. You always achieve a true sense of distance in your landscape paintings, and I envy that so! Nice work!Darla McDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03488271128192074015noreply@blogger.com