The Containment of Overcast (Sunset, Tuesday, 24 August 2010)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 04:57PM
BVD in A Painting A Day, Sunset Paintings, Sunsetology, clouds, painting process, rain

William Van Doren, The Containment of Overcast (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

After looking at last night’s attempt many times, as I kept passing by it, each time I had to admit: Yep, definitely airbrushed custom van material. However, I do think the experiment broke a little something loose that helped in the subsequent painting, shown here.

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