Author Archives: TC
Sketch of the Day – April 28, 2012
“Seneca Lake From Lisa’s Cottage, Geneva, NY” – This sketch was begun in the morning prior to a class in Geneva, NY. It ended up being continued as a quick demo when the class arrived. The view looks out the sun porch windows, across the deck and picnic table, to the lake and the distance land. It was quite sunny [...]
Sketch of the Day – April, 19, 2012
“House on Orchard Street, Bennington, VT” – This house is across the street from my kids elementary school and I used to see it often. I noticed it again on this particular warm, sunny spring day. On this day, the grass had started to green up, but the tree was still leaf-less. The bright sun was catching the fronts of [...]
Sketch of the Day – April 17,2012
“Looking Up Plum Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts” – Painted this sketch from the porch of the North Shore Artists Association, in Gloucester, Mass. The view just to my left included buildings, boats, docks and water on a beautiful, warm spring day. For some reason, this view looking up Plum Street, attracted me more. The sketch was done in the middle [...]
Sketch of the Day – Feb. 27, 2012
Sycamore Tree and Walloomsac River, North Bennington, Vermont. The large, old sycamore on the far side of the bank, with its branches reaching out over the river were the main attraction for this sketch although the river dominates most of the sketch. The color palette for this work reverted back to the winter colors, I’ve referred to so often in [...]
Sketch of the Day – Feb. 26, 2012
Neighbors House and Yard From Den Window. Quick sketch done looking out the den window. Sunny winter afternoon – strong sunlight and shadows. I used the more colorful palette as with recent sketches in this one. In several of the recent sketches, I’ve mentioned using cadmium red and cerulean blue. This combination is a personal favorite of mine. Mixed fairly [...]
Sketch of the Day – Feb. 25, 2012
Logging Site, West Carpenter Hill Road, Pownal, Vermont. West Carpenter Hill Road winds its way along one ridgeline, down into a deep hollow and then back up onto a high ridge where it dead end’s at a point where there is a spectacular 180 degree view, east, south and west over the Green, Berkshire and Taconic Mountains. I ventured out [...]
Sketch of the Day – Feb. 24, 2012
Farm on Middle Pownal Road, Pownal, Vermont. Seems that I’ve been visiting Pownal, VT a good bit recently. This small quick sketch was done looking at another farm in Pownal, this one along a dirt road known as Middle Pownal Road. Like my previous two sketches (Feb 22 & Feb 23), this one takes a minimal approach and puts more [...]
Sketch of the Day, Feb 23, 2012 – “Pownal Farm, Simplified”
Pownal Farm, Simplified. In a continuation of the theme from yesterday’s sketch, this work was also condensed to simple shapes in the form of a vignette. Like yesterday, this sketch was done early on a clear, sunny morning. From my vantage point, the farm buildings were backlit and cast large, long shadows into the forground. Unlike yesterday’s sketch, the [...]
Sketch of the Day – Feb. 22, 2012
Winter Farm Scene, Pownal Vermont. This started out to be a more traditional sketch like “Marie Hill Farm, Andover Vermont” on Feb. 15, or Taraden Barn, North Bennington, Vermont on Feb 18, but a desire to get away from the winter palette that’s been mentioned so often in these posts lead to a different interpretation of this scene with a [...]
Sketch of the Day, Feb. 21, 2012
Deep Woods Near Chester, Vermont. In traveling from one place to another and with a full schedule, it was difficult to find time for a sketch today. This scene presented itself so I pulled over and made a quick go of it. I’ve always been attracted to sunlight filtering through the tree canopy and spilling onto snow pack. The contrast [...]
