Out in the Landscape

(C) 2017 Dale DiMauro

This is a watercolor study for a painting I keep coming back to in my mind. I worked on this one earlier this evening. 

It was mid- February when my wife and I went to Manchester, Vermont for the day. We recently had snow and the sky was as clear and blue as it could be. Late in the day we walked through the town park where the ball fields and trails are. The shadows across the snow and in the valley of the mountains were sharp and clearly delineated. This was the setting for this scene.

Not long after that day I started a full sheet watercolor, which I have since misplaced. I will state that it is hard to misplace a large watercolor. We were about to have some work done in the house so I stored it somewhere but I just simply cannot find it. I know sooner or later it will appear but this frustrates me because I was starting to gain momentum on the picture. 

In the meantime I wanted to carry it forward. Figuring out how I might paint the silhouette of the deciduous trees below the distant hill is important. Also, I want to capture the glow of the skin tone which borders on the edge of orange in the sun as well as the warmth of the posture. The proportions of the figure will become further refined as I carry it further.

I do like the peachy color down by my feet over the snow. As a matter of fact, I think it is stunning. It is a reason artists like me paint.