Recovery Room Part 2

Finding the Big Masses

Yesterday's post was about an initial, hell-for-leather laying in of a new motif on a previously-enjoyed canvas. Lots of slashing brushstrokes. I wound up with this:

Today, it was time to establish some of the big masses, and to begin to get a sense of the light, time-of-day, etc. It's still painting from the shoulder---no wrist, no elbow---and it can be very tiring as you try to keep a five-footer all in constant flux. A stroke here, a correction there, then the need to balance a third or fourth thing, too.

Here's the way I left it this evening, day two.

As you can see, I kept my promise about thinking about George Inness. But it seems however that Georgie wasn't thinking of me. 

Among other things, I have to decide how big I want that cashew-shaped tree to be. It's the same size as the original, but seems bigger now. Of course it will be modeled, and have sky holes, but I must think about it. At the moment its value isn't correct, and it's barely begun. Lots of designing to do, no matter the height. 

Let me know what you think.
D

PS... for AH, a New York Yankees fan who particularly detests New England accents:

Heard at a convenience store while buying milk today. 
A young man, behind me in line, is carrying several dozen tootsie pops.

The cashier looks quizzically at the tootsie pops.

The young man speaks, with a classic Boston accent:

"Girlfriend's pregnant." 

Pause.

"You knowah. Ghetto Eddie's sistah Carolyn."


(Gotta be a Sox fan)