The Preliminary Composition The Value and Color Sketches are meant to get the values balanced and to make sure that I’m happy with the color choices. They do not contain more a minimum of detail. I do have a problem in that any time I put pencil or brush to paper and work up sketches, […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 6 Some unforeseen business has suddenly reared its ugly head and I won’t be able to post Update 6 tomorrow. I will try my best to get the Update posted by March 28. I’m working on the final composition but have had to postpone work because of […]

The Color Sketch After working up a number of color sketches, I believe I’ve come up with one that looks good. When I looked at the photo something about the sky caught my attention. It was very subtle, but it was there. The lightness of the sky just above the background trees suggested a very […]

The Value sketches. The purpose of the Value sketches is to explore alternative layouts that give balance to the composition and highlight the center of interest – the Mill. As I looked at the photo of the Mill I could see that a lot of the work had already been done. Still, I don’t want […]

As I do with every painting, I’m going to go through the planning and thinking stages as well as the painting stages. I find it very worthwhile doing this each time I create a painting. It keeps me from rushing into the painting process before I think through the composition. No matter the subject, whether […]