Above the Old Mill Pond Study
Watercolor Sketch - Above the Old Mill Pond As of late, I've become more and more interested in cropping compositions differently, almost approaching the abstract. This quick watercolor sketch is based on reality, but not exact. I'd gone out on a Sunday morning sketch trip and revisited on old mill I'd sketched before in pen and ink. I sketched the building from the side of the road from a much lower perspective. The old dam, in the lower right of the composition, was also another subject of interest for me. The mill pond was was also a point of interest that could not be seen from my original vantage point. These sketches also took place in the winter. I decided to imagine what the scene would look like in the fall with the reflections of trees and then how I could alter the perspective and still be true to the mill and the old dam. So what started as a subject focused on the mill in winter, turned out very differently. I enjoy the process of w