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| "Sunny Bog: Bog Meditation 2" 12x24 oil/panel Available |
After completing my foggy bog painting, I needed to make one more of the bog, but this time with strong sunshine. The bog looks completely different under a bright sun. Also, the tree needed more attention. It possesses a beautiful, graceful quality that stamps it as a unique individual. How could one not feel obligated to show that characteristic?
For the tree's trunk and branches, I referred to a pencil drawing from the field. After transferring this drawing to my panel with pastel pencil--toned first with transparent color to mark warm and cool areas--I then traced over the pastel lines with a small brush and paint. My goal was to maintain a fairly accurate representation of the rhythm of the branches.
For the rest of the painting, I worked with mostly out-of-the-tube colors. (Gamblin's Nickel Titanate Yellow, a bright, cheery color, was perfect for the grasses in the middle ground.) For distant colors, I greyed them down with a little Portland Grey Light; for the darkest darks, Dioxazine Purple mixed with Viridian.
Here are some detail photos:
