F. Scott Hess Museum : The American Scene : Painter's Bluff

Painter's Bluff

Preparatory Sketch 1

F. Scott Hess

Here I’m mainly worried about getting the composition to flow. It seems too stiff. I want to shift the figures around until they fit together more organically. The large central figure is too squared off to the picture plane, and the fellow to the left too dull. And I want more ‘undulation’ out of the landscape, which is a totally invented one.

May 4, 2011

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