Cranberry Bogs

Pumphouse and Trailer

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I have been working on several cranberry bog paintings, most of them started out at the bog.   I have completed 2 of the 3 that I described a week ago.   When the third one is done, I will post all three together.

I have been working on small canvases since Spring because when the weather is good - and this has been a great year weatherwise - I feel obligated to paint outside.   I have been itching to start something bigger and have been "toning" a 24X36" canvas with leftover paint for weeks now.     I was ready now to start a large cranberry bog painting.   All these smaller paintings have given me the color studies I need to get onto a big
 painting.



24X36 inch canvas with Vezina toning looked like this at the start

The undertones were filled with texture and color, perfect for an autumn scene like a cranberry harvest.

Starting photo

Next I worked on my composition.   I have several photos of bogs from Duxbury and Wareham.   I used a viewfinder with a proportion of 2:3 and reviewed my photos until I found a composition I liked.    Here is the original photo.

I decided on the cropping on the paper photo, then I returned to my computer and created a cropped version for my painting reference.     at this point, I was not sure what the foremost center of interest will be.   It could have been the electric meter on the shack or the wheel of the trailer.   The decision was delayed at that point. 

Pumphouse and Trailer in Progress