Painting started, finished, and photographed outdoors. In the bottom left corner, a firepit with a small flame emits a plume of smoke that fills the indistinct background. in the foreground and on the right is a shepherds hook holding a bird seed feeder and suet holder. They are both empty and covered in icicles.
Photo from the start of the painting when the fire was going and the ice had not melted.
Photo from the end of the session where the fire faded and the ice had mostly melted away.
First plein air (or plein smoke) session of the year - a backyard painting in melting ice to commemorate the weather event. Contrast was the focus here: light and dark, hot and cold, blurred and sharp.
10"x8" casein on watercolor paper
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