A Painted Sketch

I've been working in gouache and casein on small panel and paper with the intention of redressing my interest in the water medium I once used as an illustrator.  I now find I also have to take another look at  "the sketch" just what is a sketch?  Issues of size, intent, medium, and function are the most common determinants used  to separate one type of artistic endeavor from another.

In the eighteenth century, France had a scale of preliminary works that  progress from croquis, to pochade, to etude. and the categories did not stop there. "The Painted Sketch"an anticipation or maybe a taste.

Cake Walk

Just one of Asheville Art Deco Architecture buildings 1920-1928 City Hall, clay pink and Georgia marble, some call it the wedding cake, a gouache painting on paper 7x5  "Cake Walk"

KEN AUSTER TRUST THE PROCESS

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Oil 10 x 10

6 x 8 Gouache Study

This 10 x 10 Oil  is a good example of  how I trust my process starting with a plein air paintings, using Gouache on a small panel, I spend about an hour or so until I have the information needed and just for insurance I also take a photo.  In my Studio I decide if  I'm as inspired as I was on location to do a more finished work. Ken Auster had very good concept of what I'm talking about "The Passion Sandwich"  defined here   http://www.tucsonartacademyonline.com/ken-auster-workshop-1
simple put intellect, passion, value and volume. I was fortunate to have been Ken's monitor in his workshop in Fairview North Carolina. Ken was a passion teacher an inspirational person and always admired  his work. I hope you enjoy the website. Below is my painting by Ken Auster

KEN AUSTER 

GOUACHE PAINTINGS FROM EDISTO ISLAND

PAINTING FROND A NEW HOME

Painting just sent from my studio to their new home, thanks for your appreciation and interest in my work.  All marked SOLD