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| Hot Underpainting |
June has been fantastic here in New England. Roses are now peaking, baby birds are fledgling and the warm dry days have pushed memories of the horrendous winter out of our consciousness.
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| Maureen at Cliff Walk Newport |
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| Cliff Walk Newport, RI |
So it was just icing on the perfect day cake to set up at a spectacular scene overlooking the Ocean Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island. Framed in this scene is a large four chimney "beachhouse" (aka mansion) and its seaside gazebo. A seawall bordered the shoreline and a manmade base of boulders provided a nice variety of elements. My favorite was the foreground boulders which were cracked and rugged calling for the darkest darks and lightest lights. Crescent shaped waves approached the like shaped beach below in a fairly uniform pattern. My starting canvas was deep orange that had been toned weeks ago. This proved to be somewhat distracting until most of it was covered! I had planned to use it for a predominately summer green scene. The greens in this painting did benefit from this complementary underpainting, and even the ocean vibrates orange.
The result of this paint-out wasn't bad but what was more enjoyable I think was the time spent outdoors creating the reminder of it.
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