Simplify with Geometric Shapes

Often we can get overwhelmed as artists and focus on the many details of a reference image. Learning to SIMPLIFY by breaking objects down into their most basic forms is a great way to begin a painting. 

I find that creating GEOMETRIC shapes is great technique to use during the initial block-in  stages. 

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The reference image had so much detail with the field of flowers.  It would be easy to get overwhelmed, but check out my method below of simplifying shapes to basic geometric forms. 

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Click Through Images in Slideshow to See Stages:
In the first images below I use Photoshop to demonstrate the concept of simplifying geometrically. Then I block in basic shapes to start. ​

The Final Painting
Even though the final painting has more detail than my beginning stages, it was a great way to get started and gradually build up the painting from simplified forms.