This view of the Raccoon River and the pedestrian/bicycle bridge (a repurposed railroad bridge) are brightened here by the late May sunshine. The river is mostly slow-moving and sluggish until the farmland upstream is deluged. Then it becomes a real torrent. Just now, as the sun rises higher in the sky, the distant foliage has turned a yellower green and even the rusty old bridge seems more trim and shiny.
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"Bridge on the Raccoon," oil on panel, 9x12
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As is almost always my practice I toned this Gatorfoam-backed linen panel with a thin wash of burnt sienna before going to darker and more opaque passages to set up the basic composition. After a few minutes to allow the initial lay-in to dry slightly I went in with full color, mixing a variety of greens from combinations of cad lemon, cad yellow, cobalt blue, and ivory black, with a touch of raw umber here and there. Because of the sun's movement I only worked for about ninety minutes during each of two painting sessions before finishing this.
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