Getting into the heart of this now, this is the result of the second day’s work. I’m now building carefully, in the sense of not wanting to lose my initial idea of what this is ultimately about… a statement of wonder. I’d like everything to add to that idea, and am willing to eliminate anything that I find detracting from it.
Working from sketches and memory like this is a real test…and a delight. At one of my breaks, I snapped this photo of my palette . I’m always a bit amazed at what beautiful harmony naturally develops on this work surface from simply trying to get at some of the truth of nature’s color.
As a note to people new at painting, I try to be a clean worker. That doesn’t mean fussy. Good painterly habits include using a fresh brush, (I went through at least fifteen today), wiping the work surface of the palette down every few hours, using freshly laid out pigments, and eliminating unnecessary additives to the paint.
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