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Sketch for "Boat House with Gold". This scene is from the Pamet River in Truro. I make a sketch in the field, then work on the painting in the studio from the sketch and memory. It is a more direct way of expressing my response to the subject, and it allows the painting itself to have more say in what happens on the canvas.
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The painting here is more loosely interpreted, but the sketch still serves a very important purpose: correctly establishing the values (darks and lights) of the scene.
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