Quick Value Studies

 

I just returned from a wonderful three day
plein air workshop in Warren, Vermont
with Tracy Everly organized by the
Edgewater Gallery.
She did demos each day and
watching her paint was enlightening.
I was reminded of the importance of doing
quick value studies
before you begin, in order to organize your composition.

Just doing this much was enough to get started;
a difficult moment in plein air.
Light, middle, dark.

This is where I stopped when on location.
Just enough to get me to this in the studio.

It was heaven being away for a week,
learning new things and meeting new people.
Tracy is a generous and talented instructor
and I’m so excited to try out all my new “tools”.
Welcome summer!