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Cartero Pass is a 6x8 inch painting that was originally a 10x8. The top part of the painting virtually painted itself and was sheer joy.The bottom half-ish was a rock river bed that shadows were quickly creeping across and I was struggling with. At a certain point, I realized that I had over-worked it and lost the freshness. In a fit of impulsive problem-solving, I hacked off the bottom half of the panel and all my problems were solved!
We found this pass near a dirt road in Big Bend. It was beautiful and hauntingly quiet. All afternoon, only 2 cars passed. Their dust is in this painting.
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My immediate thought here was that this was the reference photo, I mean that in a good way. The way you nailed the background hill reads as true, and the dark values of the rock are right on.
ReplyDeleteI laughed out loud at the "I mean that in a good way" part! Thank you so much. The sun came around while I was painting the river bed and started highlighting some of the roughness of the dark rocks and it was REALLY hard to leave them alone and not add the highlights. I feel rewarded now, thanks.
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