Landscape studies always have value for me. It is important to observe and concentrate on some aspect of the landscape which I can return to. It might simply be a record of the setting sun or an unusual cloud pattern.
Last week I painted this dramatic cloud formation, from a photograph I took at Popham Beach, in Maine, many summers ago. This winter I have been focusing on painting more diverse sky's with or without clouds.
There are only three pigments used in painting these clouds: ultramarine blue, payne's gray and raw sienna. One can see there are both soft and hard edges both on the perimeter and within the clouds.
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