C1559
“Lost in the
Mist”
(South
from Face Rock,
Bandon
Beach, Oregon Coast)
Oil Sketch on Centurion Oil Primed Linen Panel
With additional coat of Rublev Lead Primer
4” x 6”
The next day the wind was
not as bad, but was still off putting, so I had in mind to return to the wayside,
and work up another oil sketch from one of the drawings done yesterday. This is done looking north towards where Face
Rock might be seen on a clearer day, to the left and beyond the farther
sea-stacks just visible in the enshrouding mist. When I was working on the sketchbook
drawings, there was not a hint that Face Rock might be lurking in the fog.
I chose a 4” x 6” panel
because its heighth to width ratio is slightly longer than the other small
panels, and I could use that extra length; it is the same ratio as many of my
standard sized Watercolours. I worked on
the white ground with no imprimatura,
so as to work in a bit of a higher key; I also wanted to see how the mist and
fog would work out in this higher key. I
rarely if ever do a pencil drawing on the panel before beginning to paint,
since oil paint grows more translucent as it ages, over time the graphite will
show through, unlike charcoal or black chalk.
But this was too small a panel for charcoal or chalk, and I wanted the
shapes to be perfect, so I lightly drew them in with pencil, and then dabbed
the lines with a plastic eraser, until they were just visible enough. Normally I draw in the composition with a
brush in oil paint.
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