This is today's pass with Gouache over the charcoal sketch below. The Focus was mostly on the sky and distant mountains. The house had a particular shade of blue which is work for another day. Feels great to be painting again.
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Color and Composition Study - Pemaquid
Color and Composition Study - Pemaquid ME
This study is graphite and gouache on paper - 12" x 18" This painting is a combination of a variety of on location studies, pen and ink composition thumbnails, and represents a combination of views of the region that exist, but not exactly as in this composition.
Some quick notes from doing this study are to extend the tree on the left out of the picture, widen the gap between the river islands, and add a thin line of ocean beyond the mid ground to add some distance - that may also be another composition. I was not too concerned with colors in this, more just trying to capture an impression.
I plan to do a large watercolor of this as well other media - oil, acrylic, and perhaps charcoal.
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Composition and Color Study Ammonoousuc River
I had to get out of the house for a bit yesterday. Did a couple of quick pencil drawings of a farm outbuilding and of two huge maple trees on the farm. For whatever reason, I seem to be going through a pencil drawing stage now. There is something about capturing a scene in just shades of graphite that appeals to me. Some pencil drawings are very delicate yet incongruously breathtaking and powerful at the same time (I'm not referring to my own work - yet).
Yet, this entry is actually not about pencil drawings, so I'll get back on point (pun intended). Despite my current passion for pencil, I also regularly feel the urge to work with color, even in the design phase of my work. So what follows is one two color and composition studies that I completed yesterday on 12" x 18" paper using graphite, gouache, and previous on location studies for reference and inspiration.
Yet, this entry is actually not about pencil drawings, so I'll get back on point (pun intended). Despite my current passion for pencil, I also regularly feel the urge to work with color, even in the design phase of my work. So what follows is one two color and composition studies that I completed yesterday on 12" x 18" paper using graphite, gouache, and previous on location studies for reference and inspiration.
Ammonusuc River Study
I am still getting used to gouache - it seems to dry darker then when I paint it - whereas transparent watercolor tends to dry a little lighter. Practice practice practice. This scene was inspired by a hike (and sketch) along the river last April. There was still ice and snow in the woods at this time and the river was running rapidly although the level had been dropping as evidenced by the trees and ice deposited along the riverbank far above the current water level. When you see a large tree "deposited" in still standing trees fifteen feet over your head - its impossible not to be reminded of the power of nature and the respect it is due from us all. I didn't paint those elements as I really wanted to focus on the river - but that is a subject that I will return to in the future.
Swift River March
Mixed Media
Oil over Acrylic
12" x 16"
This painting was a continuation of the painting below. There were parts of the painting that seemed flat to me and I wanted to add some more life, color, and movement to the painting. Here they are side by side/
Here they are side by side. I think it works a little better now than before.
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