There were definitely some great gems of advice I got during this, all of which could be applied to any painting - not just landscapes.
This was my first painting workshop, and after doing it I would definitely be open to doing more. It's a great way to get outside of your own head and into the mind of somebody else, and see how they approach things.
This was an exercise where we had to make a painting using only 2 values.
It basically forced us to pick which side any given thing we saw fell into - light or shadow.
The biggest thing this did for me was to push colors around in unexpected ways - because at that point, the only way to differentiate forms in a single tone area is through color and/or temperature.
The green section at the bottom of this was originally painted much more intensely, brighter, and more yellow. When Ray saw this, he felt it detracted from the painting and told me to scrape it off and paint the section again. After doing this, I saw that the overall cohesion and harmony of the piece was much better off for it.
The last day of the workshop was devoted to completely a larger version of one of the studies we made, based on the study and photo reference. This study was the one I chose, but I have yet to complete the larger version as I have been involved with other paintings - but I do plan to complete it, as much as I dislike working from photos.
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