Tree Turnabout – DETAIL – Original Watercolor Painting by Woody Hansen
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I did a sketch, value plan last October during an outing along the American River parkway (goody, goody for me). I noticed an interesting pattern at of light and dark at the base of some small trees. The value plan seen below is the result. I was more interested in the abstract pattern than accurately depicting what I saw before me. If memory serves, beyond an attempt or two, I never developed a finished painting from the sketch (boo, hiss, throw the bum out at home plate).
Recently, while doing what has been termed “spinning one’s wheels” I sifted through my collection of value plans and this piece again caught my attention. I turned it upside down (see below) and decided to have a go at it in the inverted position. This resulted in the painting seen at the head of this post. As the saying goes, “Turnabout is fair play.”Hmm, is there REALLY anything like “fair play?” Why, yes, of course there is,! I’m surprised at you, Woody! Why would you even have to ask?
After all the preceding hocus pokus, the intellectually astute salesman in me points out that the detail image (above) is probably better than either the painting, or the original sketch (right side up or inverted). Ah, yes, the destination is not important, it is the journey … that makes one run out of gas. Words to live buy … er … by. The line forms to the right.
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Colors: Ridiculously Reddish Red (PR13), Regular Gasoline Yellow Pale (PY58), Political Self-interest Puce (PV28/), Earthy Earth Brown (PBr75), Independent Indigo (PV33), Supreme Court Black (PB99), Yakety Yack Ochre (635), Blood Pressure White (Pw120/80), and Blind Man Blue (PBl00).
