Visualizing Your Painting

“If I have a strong enough mental picture of what I wish to see on my canvas, that image will also be a picture of the technique required to paint it.” – Richard Schmid

The second part of "Visualizing Your Subject as a Painting" focuses on the surface quality of paintings. It emphasizes visualizing the scene in terms of brushstrokes and explores different ways of manipulating paint to describe what you see. Included in this lesson are sequential images and the thought process behind Richard’s painting below.