Thursday, August 25, 2011

Time to do some Gouache studies again I think...
















A scene observed in one of my trips to New York city...painted on Strathmore 400 series board.  The aim for this ole "nature" outdoors boy was to confess my experience on a regular basis is not taking in sites of the larger metro city.  Rather than paint a full blown color work...I thought it might benefit to simply squint my eyes and focus more on the drama of light, reflected light and shadows.  That, and how minimal the thrust of brushwork would be necessary to make a statement?  Painting only what I thought was essential marks of paint.

Here a close-up of the central car-














...and as always, clicking on images brings up larger view...

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