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May 15, 2015
Media: Oil Sketch on Centurian Oil Primed Linen Panel
Size: 4x6 in
Although there were intermittent stars during the
night, by 06:15, when I arose, it was overcast and a light rain. Coyotes yipped and yowled to the northwest,
just as they did as I prepared supper the previous evening ... towards the Rabbit
Hill, no less; the Coyote Hills are the massif to the south from the
Rabbits. As I ate breakfast I was taken
by the peach coloured strip of sky low along the horizon to the left of Poker
Jim Ridge, and glowing through the soft desert rain ... perhaps a promise of
clearing; it was essentially the same view as painted two days before, but a
different kind of rain. Breakfast
finished I did a rapid Oil Sketch using a big brush to quickly jot down the
impression, as witnessed by the brushstrokes; it's always interesting to see
how much one can do with a large brush in good condition. I used about a #6 bristle bright, for the
whole thing, save for my monogram; one learns to judiciously use the corners
for the smaller details. I am learning
that one goes through Oil brushes at a much more rapid pace by far than with
watercolour brushes; brights soon
become ragged filberts; Watercolour
brushes, especially the larger ones, can last for decades, well taken care of. No imprimatura was used, just the white of
the Oil Priming, and the Pigments used were, Rublev Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, and
Winsor & Newton Cobalt Blue, Venetian Red & Cremnitz White. Since Christmas is only two days away, tomorrow I
shall go into Lakeview, the 'tallest town in Oregon,' to top up my supplies and
my gas tank ... oh, and my water supply as well! For more visit www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com.
Although there were intermittent stars during the
night, by 06:15, when I arose, it was overcast and a light rain. Coyotes yipped and yowled to the northwest,
just as they did as I prepared supper the previous evening ... towards the Rabbit
Hill, no less; the Coyote Hills are the massif to the south from the
Rabbits. As I ate breakfast I was taken
by the peach coloured strip of sky low along the horizon to the left of Poker
Jim Ridge, and glowing through the soft desert rain ... perhaps a promise of
clearing; it was essentially the same view as painted two days before, but a
different kind of rain. Breakfast
finished I did a rapid Oil Sketch using a big brush to quickly jot down the
impression, as witnessed by the brushstrokes; it's always interesting to see
how much one can do with a large brush in good condition. I used about a #6 bristle bright, for the
whole thing, save for my monogram; one learns to judiciously use the corners
for the smaller details. I am learning
that one goes through Oil brushes at a much more rapid pace by far than with
watercolour brushes; brights soon
become ragged filberts; Watercolour
brushes, especially the larger ones, can last for decades, well taken care of. No imprimatura was used, just the white of
the Oil Priming, and the Pigments used were, Rublev Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, and
Winsor & Newton Cobalt Blue, Venetian Red & Cremnitz White. Since Christmas is only two days away, tomorrow I
shall go into Lakeview, the 'tallest town in Oregon,' to top up my supplies and
my gas tank ... oh, and my water supply as well! For more visit www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com.
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