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I finally got all of my tools together in one place and painted a quick first sketch. I didn’t have anything in mind when I put in the background, but now as I reflect, I’ve decided I like the sketch, will continue on with it, and will change the background to a green-toned one (the blue-tone doesn’t work for me), and put the mill on a white cloth base. It’s good to smell paint again. I have another few hours to put in on this painting.
I’ve changed the background color and added a base upon which the mill sits. I didn’t spend a lot of time on it because I’m struggling with getting lightbox to work on this blog.
I also have a lot of work to do posting all my paintings to this site.
Today I changed the background, lightening it up a bit, and I changed the base, bringing more local color into it. I added a shadow but will change it to an appropriate color for this object’s shadow. It’s fun to work the paint up this way. I love the feel of it.
I’m still unsuccessful with getting lightbox to work on this site. Frustrating. And I’m totally befuddled.
“Le dessin n’est pas la forme, il est la manière de voir la forme.” Edgar Degas
It’s not working, this 2 hour a day thing. I’ve put some more effort into the last drawing and I’ve started another drawing. Both are freely and loosely drawn from photos. I have a lot of waterfowl around me to work with.
