Digital Painting Works at Different Sizes
Digital Painting – Valley Work Dan Beck - 2005
Like many pieces, when I first finished this I wasn’t quite sure if I pulled it off – even though I was pleased with it. After two artist friends both said they liked the work, I realized it had captured what I wanted and the liberties with color and portrayal did not take away from the end results; but in fact, made the finished piece that much more interesting.
This piece was designed to be printed large – and from what I can tell would look its best at the largest 32×40" size – measure it sometime – it is a big piece. In order to grasp all that is contained – please look at the enlargement and the details which follow.
For this medium, one of the things that indicates success to me is whether a work looks good at all sizes. Valley Work has a nice balance of both color and form and is pleasing even small – but the figures, though visible in the smallest size print remain pretty obscure.
They were intended to be swallowed up by the landscape – but not go unnoticed.
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