The Power of the Silhouette

Almost every shape in this painting is a silhouette.  If you get the silhouette of the object right, you'll find you don't need many details in the interior of the shape.  

This is also another example of interlocking shapes.  The buildings and the steeples interlock with the sky shape and make the sky an interesting shape.  

Although I chose this scene in Littleton, New Hampshire because of the silhouetted shapes of the buildings, it needed some additional interest, so I added the crosswalk, some figures, and the bicyclists.  

Very soon I'll be in the neighborhood of this scene.  New England, here I come!