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Apr 7, 2015
Media: Oil Sketch on Fredrix Canvas Panel
Size: 4x6 in
Less than a quarter inch of new snow fell overnight,
and the Moon shone through thin cloud at times during the wee hours. For the second day I did not leave the Hot
Springs Valley, but remained to paint pretty much in the same spot, but turning
9o degrees left and painting towards the southwest and the second wing of the
campground, nestled in the shadow of the left-hand hill, and with the Warner
Peak of Hart Mountain beyond. I pushed
the blue of the sky and the shadows to give a greater contrast with the warm
light on the snow in the morning light ... maybe a bit too far, but we are at
about 6500' where the sky is darker, especially against the brightness of the
snow, and it does serve to remind me of those contrast on that morning; and
besides ... that is part of what this is all about - taking notes in paint. Painting thinly over the Imprimatura allowed
the warmth of the Venetian Red to glow through the top layer of white of the
snow, with thicker strokes of paint giving a bit of topographical sense to the
terrain. I put the footprints in later
in the day after I had returned from a walk down the road. For more visit www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com.
Less than a quarter inch of new snow fell overnight,
and the Moon shone through thin cloud at times during the wee hours. For the second day I did not leave the Hot
Springs Valley, but remained to paint pretty much in the same spot, but turning
9o degrees left and painting towards the southwest and the second wing of the
campground, nestled in the shadow of the left-hand hill, and with the Warner
Peak of Hart Mountain beyond. I pushed
the blue of the sky and the shadows to give a greater contrast with the warm
light on the snow in the morning light ... maybe a bit too far, but we are at
about 6500' where the sky is darker, especially against the brightness of the
snow, and it does serve to remind me of those contrast on that morning; and
besides ... that is part of what this is all about - taking notes in paint. Painting thinly over the Imprimatura allowed
the warmth of the Venetian Red to glow through the top layer of white of the
snow, with thicker strokes of paint giving a bit of topographical sense to the
terrain. I put the footprints in later
in the day after I had returned from a walk down the road. For more visit www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com.
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