"Glensevern in Spring"
8x10, en plein air - SOLD
I'm still busy prepping for the IAPS convention, but the weather was so painting-perfect today that I had to get out. I headed for one of my favorite spots, a little low place in the Glensevern road where the lake and its attendant swamp creep right up to the edge. Our island has seen quite a bit of rain lately, so the water is rather high. I can't imagine what the road must have been like in FDR's day. One probably needed a horse on stilts to get through!
You'll note that a lot of the paint is transparent. I used a hardboard panel with three coats of Blick Master Gesso laid on. It makes for a slippery surface, and you have to work at making the darks dark enough, because the brush easily scrapes down to the white surface. It helps to put a dab of opaque Titanium White or Cadmium Yellow Deep in the darks to make them a bit more solid. (One could also use a dark earth color.)
