While burning some brush at the old childhood homestead today, I took a little time to set up a lawn chair, break out the thumb box, and do this little 5x7 study of the compost bin. The sunlit grass and the deep shadow of the compost stack made for a very nice contrast. I painted this on gessoed w/c paper tinted a soft golden yellow...and used the handle end of the brush to scratch in the sunlight on the left side of the compost poles...and also to scratch out some of the light colored rocks on the wall in the background. 
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Compost Bin - 5X7 oil on W/C paper - Steve Wetzel
While burning some brush at the old childhood homestead today, I took a little time to set up a lawn chair, break out the thumb box, and do this little 5x7 study of the compost bin. The sunlit grass and the deep shadow of the compost stack made for a very nice contrast. I painted this on gessoed w/c paper tinted a soft golden yellow...and used the handle end of the brush to scratch in the sunlight on the left side of the compost poles...and also to scratch out some of the light colored rocks on the wall in the background. 
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6 comments:
Steve, I love the strong green and cool reds in the background.
Love the atmosphere on this one Steve, and the green of the grass.
The distant colors contrasted with the bright greens in the foreground are wonderfully described. Wonderful freshness to this painting.
Great idea keeping a small box to paint whenever, wherever!
Great post Steve!
Nice little painting.
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