"Wading at the Shore" after Edward Henry Potthast
(4x4") - 201129
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Aye yi yi.... This piece looks deceivingly simple; and yet I spent more time finagling (sp?) the tight light value and color ranges. It was kind of like a push and shove couple of hours. What it did for me was (once and again) confirm that it's imperative to have my paint mixes completely worked out and ready to go ahead of time. I spent a lot of time trying to exact the values and temperatures of the reflected light that's bouncing into the face and folds of the dress. Perhaps areas that are inherently too small to worry about messing with. Sometimes I've gotten lucky and with a light, quick flick of my wrist I've been able to pull just the right amount of paint into an area that needs lifting or downplay. But it's tricky, and certainly doesn't follow the early course of my palette knife methods! I'd say it falls into the noodling category ..... uh oh....
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Isn't Pothast one of the most difficult names to pronounce? Your paintings are beautiful.I discovered this liquidity one day while surfing around and chasing Pothast.Made a few of my own knockoff's of his work.I notice many of the faces you paint are only two values.Works so well in strong direct light.Thank you for posting so many fine pieces.
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