Above the Mill Pond
Mixed Media - Acrylic and Oil
12" x 16"
This painting began on a Sunday afternoon drive. I did some on location Pen and Ink sketches and then explored the area as much as time allowed. The small watercolor sketch below was done in studio and just a quick experiment to see how I might capture different aspects of the area in one painting.
Below is the first pass at the subject with Acrylic paint. I enjoyed the exercise of altering the perspective of the subject. I also wanted to simply suggest the background bank of the mill pond rather than painting it directly. Although this "draft" of the subject did capture some of what I was trying to achieve, it wasn't complete in my mind. I set the painting aside and moved onto other subjects - which is something I do either consciously while I let things simmer in the background of my mind. The more I paint and observe, the more I have to draw on for the next subject.
