both- Gouache on illustration board 4 3/4" x 6"
When painting a landscape study you have to be fast. In the northeastern U.S. during the summer between 10am and 3pm you have 20 minutes to possibly 30 minutes (even less time earlier or later in the day) before the light condition has completely changed. Creating light and shadow shapes far different than those you started with. I seek to capture the first impression of the relationship of the big light and shade shapes. Then I look for the progression of color and value changes within them. All desired detail would then be painted into this.
When painting or drawing always work big to small, simple to complex, and even when working in a tight window-shading manor keep the principle in mind, or you will loose the effect of light on form.
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