On a Snowy Day in 2014 . . .
And I Would Truly Enjoy Hearing Your Reactions
Nine years ago we had a February winter storm when our grandson, Noah, was just the right age to spend a day jumping and sledding and making snow angels. Facebook recently popped a great photo from 2014 as a memory.
( I have continued to put gold gesso on paper to continue my gouache work, but took a break this week to do just plain watercolor.)
Three Paintings Using Different Approaches
Based on Realism
This first painting was sort of a warm up. I used a more realistic approach and made the mistake of using a cadmium yellow wash to warm up the snow. I don't like the results.
To me this is much fresher and joyful. It also led me to decide to go one step further with abstract and patterns.
Abstract and Patterns
I love the clean lines of this. It needs to be a book cover, don't you think?
But does it need one more thing?
I think the foot prints add a completion to the story. I haven't painted them yet, but should I?
I would love to hear which style you find most appealing.
2 comments:
I love these paintings…reminds me of the book , The Snowy Day. I actually like it without the footprints. Such a fun painting!
It does need to be a book cover. I've often thought that you should partnership with a writer & do wonderful, expressive illustrations. So many of your paintings tell a story themselves.
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