"Confidences" after Edward Henry Potthast

"Confidences" after Edward Henry Potthast
(4x4") - 201130
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Perhaps another painting that looks fairly simple. And actually, the execution was quite straightforward. It's the paint mixing, almost always the painting mixing, that takes the cake for hard work. The palette for this took about 40 minutes to mix. Can you guess how many separate paint piles I ended up with? Think I'll let you take a crack at it. Just for grins. I did use every single one of them, and in the end had to mix 2 more to get the hues I needed. What I loved about this image was the shocking, eyeball aching, hot white sand! Always a pleasure to paint, but trickier than it seems. I've learned so much from these studies, and it's obvious that the appeal of Mr. Potthast's work is timeless. As I said a few posts ago, I do hope that I've brought something new to the table. It's been a worthy passage for me personally, and I'm very excited to bring the lessons into my own creative process - though I fear I won't be finding many beach-goers in turn of the century clothes : )
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