Of the three days I was in San Francisco last week, one was almost completely sunless. I often have trouble finding scenes I like with no light/shadow, but I tried to look with an open mind this time, and found a few I thought might work. I looked for: interesting value patterns, and color wherever I could find it. So these orange pants definitely caught my eye!
I had to paint this three times before I was happy with it. For these small paintings especially I almost always simply start over, rather than keep working on it. There is a point at which, because it's wet paint going into wet paint, I am just mushing it around, making a mess. I see this style of painting as a kind of dance - I try it once, and if it wasn't quite right, I try it again.
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