Night View of Mill and River (Oil Bar Painting Day 8)

Night View of Mill and River (Oil Bar Painting Day 8) Originally uploaded by randubnick

This morning I went to Red Brick to work on this painting for an hour or so. This is a view of the Merrimac River in Manchester, New Hampshire, part of a series I am doing for a show in January. Although I did take reference photos up in Manchester, this particular scene is only partly based on them. The rest is from memory of the scene and imagination. Today I worked on improving the relative scale (window size to foliage). I lowered the shoreline by about a quarter of an inch, brought the foliage higher, and then added some taller trees at the sides of the building. I wanted the tallest trees to be about two and a half stories high. Then I made corresponding adjustments to the reflections of the trees in the river. This painting is almost finished. But next time, I want to recheck the lines (especially in the foreground, in the water). I also want to add just a little more periwinkle blue to sky and water, because it is one of the colors that attracted me to the scene in the first place. To be continued. . . .