The White Band. Sunset, Saturday, 17 July 2010

Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 09:55PM
BVD in A Painting A Day, Blue Ridge, Sunset Paintings, Sunsetology, painting process

William Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Tonight’s painting illustrates at least two principles. (1) If you paint sunsets alla prima in real time, anything can happen. (2) If it makes me uncomfortable, it might be O.K.

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