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Agreement In Principle thumbnail sketch and story
Thumbnail sketch and color test for Agreement in Principle, watercolor, 2001, 12" X 16" Often, when I'm thinking about color on a new composition, I'll do a thumbnail sketch on a watercolor block and very quickly work out the general color composition. Sometimes the solution flows easily from one element to the next and only one thumbnail is needed. This was the case with Agreement in Princple. Sometimes it takes five or ten thumbnails. The patches of color on the paper pictured above show how I test the paint color before applying it to the thumbnail or final painting. Story Agreement In Principle began as I considered new compositions for a specific commission. I began by combining two small doodles from the margins of note pads into one composition. I wasn't happy with the drawing at the time the drawings were due, so never presented it. A month or so later I revisited the drawing. I decided to add elements to push it a bit further, to push it out of the middle ground of medium complexity. I thought I would create something very good or ruin it, but either way was better than a medium solution. The painting really started to take shape when I thought about the two parts of the composition as two people's minds. One would be more complex, colorful, and playful, an instinctive way of thinking. The other would be more conservative and grounded in analytic thinking. While using different ways of thinking, these two minds shared something in common -- represented by the large oval shape in the central part of the painting. This composition really developed a life and personality of its own when I began thinking of it as an Agreement In Principle. Back to Agreement In Principle oil on canvas |
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