A big painting is a big commitment in both time and materials (and while nothing is being sold the availability of materials is a problem). The answer is to do small studies, sometimes lots of them. The design began life as a Saturday plein air (painted almost a year ago) that I think might have potential to go bigger.
So began a series of small colour studies. They are all oil on panel. Some were painted over. Others I didn’t photograph. It does perhaps gives an idea of the work that goes on behind the curtain.
And this one which was an mixed media experiment (with watercolour pencil and ink washes on a scrap of unprimed canvas) as well as being a closer look at the truck…
Then, wait a month or two, and try again with the oils…
Maybe it needs to be bigger and have different proportions…
