Today's post is a sketch of Druid Hill Creek from my home studio window. We had nearly a foot of snow over last Friday and Saturday, followed by a deep freeze for the last several days. The snow stuck to everything and hasn't melted much at all.
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| "After the Big Storm," wc/ink on paper |
This began in my standard way with a rough graphite sketch. I laid in color with a fairly large but pointed brush that let me draw very fine dark lines. There isn't much color in a winter landscape, so I pushed it a bit here and there then added ink lines in some places for emphasis.
The sun had returned by the time the painting was done but the colors remain considerably muted. The contrast with my post from last Tuesday (less than ten days ago), is pretty stark. The grass was still green, trees were too, and autumn color clung to trees here and there. It is like a sweeping cinematic scene change.
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