Friday, December 10, 2010

Winter Road


This is the photograph that I'm using for the initial drawing and design for a new painting. I have selected the size of my first effort on this to be 14x10 on self-sanded Arches cold press paper. I like the texture that the paper transmits to the final work giving it a sparkle and life that I've not been able to achieve on UArt paper.

While I was in Iowa with my ailing father, I did not have time to do any sketching or painting. I did take a few photos. This is the winter view of the same stretch of road that I used in my previous work "Spring Road."
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  1. Paula Ann FordDecember 10, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    Rick, I hope your dad is well soon!

    Gorgeous photo! It's going to make a beautiful painting.

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