The other day, I was musing about the difference of painting on location versus painting in a studio. On the way home last night I stopped under some lights to make a painting of the scenery, and it was snowing quite heavily. The snowflakes were large and wet, which ended up 'destroying' the painting and making the palette mushy and hard to control. Yet, now that I see it scanned, its pretty much exactly what I remember feeling at the time. Looking at it, there is no doubt about there being a blizzard!
In the blizzard, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2025
Afterwards, I made a painting at home on the kitchen table, aka, my studio, and tried to make it exactly as I remember. This version captures the subtle variations in orange and blue of the snow, the delicate lilac sky, and the textured branches and window details. It looks exactly like what I saw on location. Yet, it fails to represent the feeling of the location painting. I think the best paintings capture both the look and the feel of the moment. At least these two paintings show the stylistic differences of location versus studio painting.
Out of the blizzard, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2025
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