I sketched a large yard sale that was happening under a massive walnut tree, which turns out to be 131 years old. Then I wandered down the street and sketched Aurora Mills.
I was hampered by the fact that I had accidentally brought an old watercolor palette from which I had removed all the "good" colors, leaving only a few pigments: an overly saturated yellow, an under saturated (but nicely textured) blue, napthol red, and a burnt sienna. It took a lot of effort to get any blue onto the paper, and the slightest touch of yellow was shockingly intense, so these sketches were a bit of a struggle - I was glad to have that rust tone, at least! Anyway, art is defined by its limitations...
These sketches are viewable at a larger size in my flickr feed.
No complaints on your results...even though you did have a struggle with an off palette of colors. These are so nicely packed with the excitement of the day...it was a good place to be.
ReplyDeleteThe colors on that barn!!!! Lovely. I would never have guessed that you were only working with your non-favorite pigments.
ReplyDeleteIt's glorious Kalina!
ReplyDeleteThese are really wonderful, Kalina. I love the tree canopy in the top one and the expansiveness in the 2nd. Both have such a sense of place.
ReplyDeleteYour sketches are fabulous! Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteI think your palette worked really well for you...or at least you worked well with it! As others have said, both have a great sense of place and expansiveness--well done!
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