Friday, December 12, 2008

Study: Winter Road


After the snowfall here last night (the season's first plowing and new snow banks in the yard that will probably be sitting there come April) this scene along the Bayley-Hazen Road outside of Peacham looks more like early spring than deep winter.

4 comments:

Hillary Miller said...

I love this last series of paintings. They really show the changing light as winter sets it.

Susan Abbott said...

Thanks, Hillary. They're studies for eventual oil paintings. I don't usually have a strong graphite line under watercolor, but I'm trying to get these done quickly, and that helps. I'm using a triad of pthalo blue (wanted a clearer blue than prussian), aureolin (has both an earthy quality and transparency) and quinacridone coral (an unusual Dan Smith color--warm red and also transparent.)

laura said...

What a great composition--I love all the interlocking shapes and crossing lines. And the colors are great too!

Susan Abbott said...

Thanks, Laura. I've really come to like those three colors.