Today's Effort

Thinking of N.C.

Thinking of N. C. Wyeth led me to paint a whole 25x20" canvas today. I pulled the canvas out of the never-will-be-finished pile. It was a start from one of last summer's Battis Farm workshops.

I turned it vertically, and set about painting a view that would have some of the strong, dramatic contrasts that are such a feature of the elder Wyeth's work.
My original intention was to create a landscape into which I could put the figures for "Chapter Two: The Ambush". 
As it turned out, the painting is smaller in scale than I wanted, and the painting had a mind of its own. 

 

It still has some little bits to be dealt with, but I'm very pleased with this five hours' work. I'll sleep well tonight.