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Adroscoggin River Color Sketches
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These two sketches are Acrylic on Paper. Done from observation on location and the composition sketches below. I tend to sort through my composition sketches and on location sketches for ideas for paintings - especially when I don't really have the time to paint. In this case - I'd actually intended to work on a completely different subject - which I'd taken from small composition sketches like to these to a full sheet charcoal drawing. But instead the image on the upper right caught my attention and I decided to skip a larger charcoal (for now) and go right into color sketches.
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Androscoggin River Comp Sketches
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My art critic - Echo accompanies me on my trips to my basement studio. I paint standing up, and you can tell from the picture that it is probably a good thing that I do so as sitting isn't really an option.
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| Echo -Art Critic |
Once Echo sees me getting my palette ready, he settles in for a nap.
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| Ready To Paint |
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Androscoggin River 1
Acrylic on Paper
The lights and the darks were so impressive on this day creating rich color contrasts and striking shadows. For this sketch I was also experimenting with different blues throughout the painting and intentionally leaving some of the white of the paper showing to add range to the color palette.
The sketch below was completed quickly after the first, and was intentionally much more abstract than my normal painting. This will be the subject of my next post.
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Adroscoggin River 2
Acrylic on Paper
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