I know I said this before, but it bears repeating: he used so much colour! I can’t get over it. I put it down and then see that the tint could, in fact, carry far more colour and it is still snow: pinks, and mauves, blues, of course, a lot of blues, but yellows too and even geens.
This sketch after Manly MacDonald, is 11×14 ” oil on canvas.
Here’s the quick sketch:
Snow study after Manly Macdonald.
This is after Manly Macdonald. Working out how to describe snow. He was so great at this. Used lots and lots of of colour, it turns out!
5×7″, oil on masonite panel
Restless with an iffy pen.
Oil on canvas, 5×7″ each