NFS
This painting is on a larger canvas than I normally use for my studies, a 10" x 12" canvas board. My New Year's resolution is to plan more and sketch out ideas with value patterns before I start to paint. To bring this sense of discipline ''is needed if I want to make progress and develop paintings that 'work' to the human eye.
I used my December calendar page as the inspiration and developed a zig-zag composition designed to take the eye from the ice keyhole at the bottom - across the yellow water - to the mauves - over the volcanic coast where the sunlight hits - up the edge of the cloudline - and across to the mountain. I am happier with this one :-) a good start to 2013.