“Potted Garden” 8x10”Continuing to work in the style I did yesterday on the Georgia Screenhouse.
This was painted in the morning. I had to keep moving my pochade box with my painting on it to keep the sun off the painting. Since I didn’t start painting until about 10:30am, the sun and shadows were moving rapidly. I decided this painting was done when I’d back all the way up to the house and had no where else to move!
What follows are a few of the steps that went into making this painting.
First I sketched a simple outline with a light blue oil pencil (made by Walnut Hollow).
Then I squinted to figure out where the major lights and darks were. And scribbled them in with oil pastels.
Then I put some Res-N-Gel on a paper towel and spread the color out evenly.
After that I built up the colors I saw, trying to remember where the shadows were when I started. On things outside of my focal area, I kept blending with my finger or a paper towel to keep things soft and out of focus.
By the time my back was to the wall, this is what I had. I particularly like the way the pink and light green Coleus plant came out.
