Dawn, thaw
"Rosey-fingered dawn" is Homer's famous description. My sketch (see below) says "orange creme" to describe the color of dawn that I woke up to yesterday. How wonderful the dawn: can I paint that color, that wonderful dawn?
At the foreground of the pencil-sketched field (below) is "tan dust," or thawed snow, which is not a great color but, still, a wonderful sight after months of earth-covering snow. In the small painting, I have suggested the thaw with some of the paper showing under the shadowy blue. I have suggested the dawn light with strong color. The night-darkened treeline has only some detail; it is still waking up.
As I worked on this painting, I wondered if it would be the last winter view on my drawing table for awhile.
Dawn, thaw preliminary sketch
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