Headlands and High Tide

Election Day in the US.  "Vote early, vote often."  I believe the late Richard Daly, Mayor of Chicago in the 1960s, may have said that.

It's a gorgeous day in Syracuse so no excuse for not voting.

Often painting is a lot like writing a poem.  One word suggests another.  One color or line suggests another.  You have the evolution of this one.  I thought I would have darkening sky, headlands, voe (the little sketch).  When I sketched it on the panel it suggested a rocky beach, rip-rap in the foreground.  As I painted, maybe a sand beach and rocks in the foreground.  But the far shore told me sm=omething else.  It was high water on a quiet day on the voe.

Brushes:  Paper towel to wipe out mistakes.  Used in the voe and far headlands.

Lukas 6 Flat.  Princeton Aspen 6 Angle Bright; 2 Bright.  Utrecht 8 or 10 Flat--so old it is semi-filbert.  But a great brush.  Rosemary 8 Series 278 Long Filbert.  Because these panels are SO slick, softer brushes work better for pasting the paint.

Charvin Titanium White; Ash Blue.

Williamsburg Oils:  Italian Terra Rosa; French Yellow Ochre; Stil de Grain; French Ardoise Grey; Cinnebar Green Light; Spanish Earth; Bohemian Green Earth; Italian Roman Black; German Earth.

Gamblin:  Portland Cool Gray; Payne's Grey; Naples Yellow; Zinc White.

Winsor & Newton Prussian Blue (from the late 1960s).

Richeson Oils:  Burnt Umber Cool; Cerulean Blue.

Nov. 8, 2022