I thought I would continue using the same two blues: French ultramarine blue and Antwerp blue for the sky and mixtures of the two blues together with new gamboge, aureolin, burnt sienna and raw sienna for the trees and grasses.The first place I stopped at had a bent pine tree in the background, deciduous trees in front of them all behind a fence line.
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As I did at all my previous stops when doing quick sketches I took a reference photograph before going to another location.
As I continued down the road I came upon a cluster of intertwined cedar trees close to the fence with a hay field in the background and a distant line of trees on the horizon.First I put in the sky with a graduated wash of the two blues.
Next I blocked in a rough outline of the mass of cedars and the small pine tree with a dark green.
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That was followed by indicating the hay field and background treeline.
By this time the sun was coming around and I decided to take the next road in the direction of home.After coming to the top of a hill in the distance I could see a part of the Miller Creek Wildlife Area.
I did this piece the same way as the others, starting with the sky, followed by the areas of woodlots and open fields.
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I will post each of these paintings at a later date as more work on them has been completed.
