Hay Fields & Clouds

©Robin Edmundson, 'Hay Fields & Cloud', 10 x 14 inches.  Framed to 16 x 20 inches.  $375

One of my goals for taking Ian Roberts' drawing class was to have a more anchoring, practical and productive creative process.  [Translated, that means to find a way to actually DO and enjoy doing value studies.  It just makes for better art.]

I started with a drawing from the class [now a study group], and painted draft after draft after draft of the scene, learning all sorts of things along the way. 

The composition evolved.   I stopped looking at the reference photo a drawing pretty quickly and by the 8th draft [the painting above], I was mostly working from memory.

Here is the original drawing:

Working with pencil is a whole different ballgame from working with watercolor, so I am never trying to copy that drawing exactly, but rather take the structure and play with it in different ways until I find one or two that I can live with. 

This One Needs a Title

© Robin Edmundson, 'October, cows in hayfield',  18 x 22 inches framed.

Once in a while, I fall in love with a piece while I'm working on it. I fell in love with this one. Something about the clouds and the trees.  It's not done yet.  I need to darken the bottoms of the trees and shadows and add more depth to the clouds, but it's almost there.

Right now I'm calling it, 'October, cows in hayfield'.  Wolf Khan is nodding in agreement, but I'm thinking it deserves a better name.

I'm taking suggestions.   Leave them in the comments.



[Come see it in person at the show.]