Hills and Holes 2

Oil on board 8"x12"

From the same spot as the last painting but this time focusing on one bush. Actually, the details of the fine branches were a subject in themselves (I was not facing into the sun here – the opposite in fact) but I had neither the time or the right brushes for it, so a more impressionistic sense of the scene is what I followed here. In both this and the previous sketch I was having some difficulty getting clear, dark colours. When I stopped painting and thought for a minute I realised why – I was getting muddy colour because I had not properly cleaned my brush from when I had a mix with a lot of white in it. Simple! Keep washing the brushes!

~ by noelgarner on May 20, 2009.