"Rockaway Beach" after Edward Henry Potthast

"Rockaway Beach"
after Edward Henry Potthast
(4x4") - 201116
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This one was a joy to study. I'm learning so much about the perceived color of white, and how much more effective a painting can be if the artist takes time to note as many subtleties as possible before beginning the painting. A reader asked yesterday if I mix everything before I start. The answer is 99% yes. The difficulty for me (when working so small) is that I like to avoid a lot of fussiness and smearing. If I don't get my color mixtures straight at the get go, and then stay stubborn (maybe even lazy?) about not mixing another color after I'm already into the painting, then I don't have much to choose from. What's more, if the value of the color isn't right, all other areas of the painting are effected and I end up lost in something like a rubic's cube trying to shift each area so that it will line up aesthetically with the adjacent ones. Tricky, and seriously boring to read about... Just the same, it's important to note these revelations, such as they are.

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