1:19 PM: this morning mikela ambled over to check out motion 12. she liked it a lot, but had some issues with the violet tint, as opposed to my usual earth tones. but as she gazed, i saw a few things i wanted to change. most of all, how dark the marks indicating the outlines of rocks at the top of the composition were.
as well, she lightly suggested making a few studies in gouache from some of the 10th c. masters i so admire. doing that led me to make a few very subtle marks to the 2 branches on the lower portion of the composition, which you might find it hard to discern in the digital image, but in person they are evident.BELOW: yesterdays version on the left. and here's how it looked following my changes.
BELOW: 2 studies i made this morning, in ink on paper. on the left, a study of a landscape painting by 10th c. chinese artist gong xian and on the right, a quick study looking out my north studio window.
