Sunday, June 27, 2010

June 26th




I was walking by the field adjacent to me....a place I don't often walk. It was evening and there was much mist in the air, and the foreground field was a yellow that didn't seem appropriate for this time of year....I don't know what the crop is. Just the relationship of the yellow, grey of the sky and dark of the trees (I wrote black on the diagram) created a sensation. I diagrammed it quickly. It was all blended more than this...intermingling with lots of thick air.

It helps to make these little diagrams. I never know how I will work....perhaps from a photo, perhaps from a more complete and complex sketch, or maybe from a chicken scratch like this....but only if the memory is strong enough to hold the image over a few hours or a night.

2 comments:

  1. wow, this could be my favorite of yours EVER... beautiful yellow...!

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  2. I enjoy all your colorful small paintings and especially the sketches that you share. So much fun to see the ideas you're mulling before deciding on the composition. Great teacher.

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