After the Storm

The drawing for this piece was done on site in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. There are some narrow back roads tucked away from the center of that small town. As a child I spent a lot of time with my grandparents who lived in the area so I got to know the place very well. I was driving home one December afternoon when the storm began. I keep drawing and sketching supplies in the car for these impromptu opportunities and I stayed in the car as I sketched the composition, noted the colors I saw, and made notes to myself about the conditions that early evening. I went back to the site several times to work on the drawing. Although this piece appears to be monocromatic, I do not use black or grey for neutrals, only chromatic neutral mixtures were used.