Working on a large scale piece and small scale piece in water media on paper. "Landscape with Clouds" is progressing slowly and has many layers, translucent and opaque.
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| Landscape with Clouds (20" x 28", watercolor and gouache - unfinished) |
The small watercolor of pears was drawn lightly in pencil and then loosely painted in watercolor washes, with more precise brushwork toward the finish. As the light changed, the painting changed. The pears had a luminous, pale green that glowed in the early morning light, intense against the warm and rosy tablecloth. For three mornings, I looked at the pears in the morning light and thought about starting a painting.
My initial response was to the stark contrast of light and shadow, the light defining parts of the forms. I envisioned a Caravaggesque painting, with strong chiaroscuro. But, while painting, the subject opened up in radiant color, and quashed the preconceptions.
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