Visual scoring.

Painting health check.

Is it finished?

This picture is settling in my studio.

I am wondering if it needs more work

 or shall I call it finished? 

A health check can be useful when faced

with a painting on the easel.

Here are some ‘visual scorings’...

Another quote from online www.painterskeys.com

Curves and angles: There’s a reason why fruit and round bottoms keep making it into masterpieces. The eye will instinctively follow a curve.

In geometrics or architectural subjects, a pointed end or the connection to a new line is a visual pleasure point.

In abstraction, a horizon-like line can provide a tether to an otherwise cacophonous symphony of form.

Colour: The mother of all languages, colour is the first signal of where to look, where to linger and where to get lost.

Give the eye a place to rest and stay awhile...

A flat, or even a super-flat, offers a void-like space in which to get lost in the materiality of pigment. 

‘Carried away by a moonlight shadow’

Oils and cold wax medium on a 20 x 20 inch canvas.


Looking at this image there is a curve and some lines; 

a colour ‘pop’ and other subtle colours,

A ‘portal’ to give some intrigue 

and a flat area below to rest.

I am not suggesting this is a masterpiece 

but I shall leave it for now.

This next picture was painted at the same time.

Using the same principles I will check...

There are curves and angles,

connecting lines, possible geometric shapes,

and some ‘horizon’ lines.

Again, there is bright colour and some 

subdued colour for change and contrast.

I think the colour shapes add some interest 

and maybe suggest a building 

with the lines as tracks and trails.

The picture reminds me of narrow lanes 

and fields around my home.

I will call it finished.

‘Sunshine and blue skies’

Oils and cold wax medium on a 20 x 20 inch canvas.

Until next time...

Thank you for visiting.

Anne Wood

Wild at Heart Studio 

www.wildartdesigns.com