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| Morning Shoreline - 12x12" pastel on black cardstock © S.Johnson |
I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find anything I wanted to paint; that was my issue yesterday - I went out in the afternoon, and ended up walking up and down the A.R.T., and then driving out Florida Rd. Nothing. Thankfully, I found this shaded spot by the river with the boulders and shoreline and minimal green.
Bummer thing: I apparently lost my dark blue Senn - the one I used for the ripple shadows above. Surprisingly, that's the first time I've ever lost a pastel while painting; I guess I should count myself lucky in the 1 1/2 years I've been painting outdoors this is the only loss. I have 200+ pastels in my plein air boxes, and they are like children: I know immediately when one is missing. Part of me wants to drive back out there tomorrow and try to find it...
Great composition, Sonya. The water so nicely leads the viewer's eye through this painting. I especially love the foreground. Very beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Darla. The foreground is my favorite part of the painting as well. Because I lost that particular blue pastel, I wasn't able to make any changes to the ripples in the water back in my studio like I had planned...
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