More white, more white!

This was yesterday......
41  F  sunny!

           #740  Burgoyne St.. Schuylerville, NY  3-30-16  11x14

The Saratoga Monument is right up the road.

I liked both the white off of the houses on the right as well as the shadows crossing the road.

Just a few progress shots, this tone is on the dark side, but not the darkest value, and opposite in color.

Later on yesterday the sun stayed out and the shadows were even better.

54  F

         #741  R.R. Park.    3-30-16   9x12   

Two fer' Tuesday!

34  sunny and windy.

                                                   #736  Scotch Hill Rd.   3-22-16   11x14

   

                                                           #737  Pearl St.  3-22-16   9x12

Apollo #1

I'm not sure this is finished, but I got it here after a lot of musing and preparation: my first sight-size cast drawing in 35 years! The last one done in Williamstown, MA, summer of 1980, studying under R.H. Ives Gammell, and a lifetime away.  I've been itching to try another one for some time, maybe to start some still-life work, maybe just to practice, we'll see where this takes me.

       I bought the cast from an antique store down the street, I made the easel. the stand and the wall was from my booth I made for the trade show last month.

In my shop, I set up the lighting to draw at night.  I have a carpet sample (you can barely see it) to stand on.  

Outback

14  F  sunny no wind.

         This morning I got out before the wind picked up, and painted a few feet from my shop doors. Sorry about the glare in the photo!

#713  Outback

2-13-16

6x8

It really makes it easy to work here.

Woodlawn Ave, Greenwich, NY.

24  F  partly cloudy to overcast, a little wind.

        I've always loved the countryside, but I'm so not there now.  I don't know why, maybe I'm just liking the graphic quality of the built world, with it's angular forms and sharp contrasts, or maybe it's about being in the here and now, and I'm less often in the countryside than the village. (although not necessarily in a church!)

This is the Centenary Methodist Church, one of three beautiful old steepled churches within a block of each other, here in the village of Greenwich.  I'm also in front of the elementary school, a place only quiet on certain days.

1/2 way.

                                #701  Woodlawn Ave.    1-24-16    11x12