I have now started on the next one in the series after a hiatus of working out how I am going to execute the idea for it. As you can see I am still composing it.... I have an idea in my head for something a bit Hudson River School with a range of dark hills in shadow running for two thirds from the right with mountains in sunlight on the left. It is set in Fall and all the foreground is in shadow which will neatly highlight the campfire by the riverbank (trust me it will be there) which is the whole point of the picture, "Passing Through".
A note on these Winsor & Newton canvases I'm using for this series - I usually like to work on linen which has a finer weave but it is not available in this format so I give them three coats of gesso sanding down between coats to fill in the weave a bit to give a smoother surface. At the moment I am "drawing" it up using a thin hogs hair brush with my usual mix of Burnt Sienna and Dioxazine Purple thinned with Liquin which I hope to finish tomorrow when final decisions have been made about the landscape at left... hopefully worked out over my breakfast coffee....
Oil on canvas 39" x 16".
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