Feb. 16, 2012 - Mt. Anthony and Westward Morning Sky

Mt. Anthony and Westward Morning Sky.  This quick sketch was done early this morning looking west out of my studio window.  I spotted this sky coming together while out walking the dog a little before the sun had actually risen.  Once back home, I picked up a pencil and sketched Mt. Anthony and the other land forms nearby.  The sky was then washed in quickly by mingling cadmium red, cadmium yellow, permanent red and cobalt blue together in the sky with an effort to catch and maintain the shape of the violet blue clouds within a relatively watery mixture.  The most fascinating thing about this very simple scene for me was that the warmth in the western sky made it appear as if the sun was actually setting at that time of the day.  The sketch is about 6” x 9” and was done in a Montval Watercolor Field Sketch book.
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 ”Sunrise”

9″ x 13″

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