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Feb 8, 2018
Media: Oil Sketch on Centurian Oil Primed Panel
Size: 4x6 in
Still in the Valley of the Gods: in the northwest Vega was setting, with Deneb soon to follow, while in the southeast, Orion, was lying on his back, and below his feet Lepus, the Hare, had cleared the horizon, and then Sirius, the brightest of Stars, popped into view above the mesa top … one minute nothing, and then ‘pop,’ there was Sirius. After the cloud of yesterday and the snow flurries had passed away, the heavens were especially clear, and the Winter stars achingly bright. What modern man has lost! Seeing these myriad stars night after night, and becoming intimate with their ways was something we were all familiar with, once upon a time in the long ago. The Pigments used in the painting: Imprimatura: Rublev Ercolano Red; Drawing: Rublev Ercolano Red; Pigments: W&N Cerulean, Cobalt & Ultramarine Deep Blues, Cadmiums Yellow Pale and Orange, Venetian Red; Rublev: Ercolano Red, Purple Ochre, Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, Orange Molybdate, Lead White #2. For more check out my blog at www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
Still in the Valley of the Gods: in the northwest Vega was setting, with Deneb soon to follow, while in the southeast, Orion, was lying on his back, and below his feet Lepus, the Hare, had cleared the horizon, and then Sirius, the brightest of Stars, popped into view above the mesa top … one minute nothing, and then ‘pop,’ there was Sirius. After the cloud of yesterday and the snow flurries had passed away, the heavens were especially clear, and the Winter stars achingly bright. What modern man has lost! Seeing these myriad stars night after night, and becoming intimate with their ways was something we were all familiar with, once upon a time in the long ago. The Pigments used in the painting: Imprimatura: Rublev Ercolano Red; Drawing: Rublev Ercolano Red; Pigments: W&N Cerulean, Cobalt & Ultramarine Deep Blues, Cadmiums Yellow Pale and Orange, Venetian Red; Rublev: Ercolano Red, Purple Ochre, Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, Orange Molybdate, Lead White #2. For more check out my blog at www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
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