Munday - stage 1

Munday is a small town in Texas where I came across this scene for another in my Roadside America series. It will be based on a green/blue - red/orange complementary axis with a lot of warm yellow substituting for white on the foreground and buildings with some green too in the yellows. Basically it will be the buildings lit by a low sun against a stormy sky. Because I am interested in colour in these paintings I am having the light fall on everything instead of being contre-jour (my normal way of working) which tends to bleach out the colour. First stage was "drawn" up in the morning session with a thin bristle brush using a mix of Burnt Sienna and Winsor Violet thinned with Liquin and Lukas Number 5 Medium. This ensured that it was dry by later afternoon for the wash of Permanent Orange thinned with Liquin and turpentine.