{"id":308,"date":"2012-04-26T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T04:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimsart.posterous.com\/backyard-spring"},"modified":"2013-05-31T20:35:07","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T03:35:07","slug":"backyard-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/backyard-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Backyard Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><a href=\"http:\/\/jimswatercolors.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/ed376-backyard-sketch-1400-scaled1000.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Backyard-sketch-1400\" height=\"313\" src=\"http:\/\/jimswatercolors.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/ed376-backyard-sketch-1400-scaled1000.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=500%2C313\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>We had a beautiful 80 degree day &#8211; the first in 2012. I painted this sitting on our back porch. It was late in the day and the light was changing fast.<\/p>\n<p>I drew the scene in pencil first. I attempted to get the relative sizes and placement right by using the central post as a &nbsp;unit of measure. I used my pencil at arm&#8217;s length to measure the post&#8217;s height and then I used that unit to measure everything else. The last post in the row is one unit to the left and is 1\/2 the height. The fir tree is one unit to the right, etc. I also tried to get the perspective right. I drew in the vanishing point lines and then the posts.<\/p>\n<p>I then added the watercolor starting with light green and light brown. I worked my way up the values. Finally, the last thing I did was to use a Pentel Presto correction pen to add the white dots. Total time was around 1 1\/2 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The next day we had similar lighting so I took a reference photo.<\/p>\n<p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><a href=\"http:\/\/jimswatercolors.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/23901-backyard-sketch-photo-scaled1000.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Backyard-sketch-photo\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/jimswatercolors.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/23901-backyard-sketch-photo-scaled1000.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the two page layout of notes and painting from my journal.<\/p>\n<p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><a href=\"http:\/\/jimswatercolors.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/d700f-backyard-sketch-journal-scaled1000.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Backyard-sketch-journal\" height=\"161\" src=\"http:\/\/jimswatercolors.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/d700f-backyard-sketch-journal-scaled1000.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=500%2C161\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Moleskine watercolor journal, pencil, Lucas watercolors &#8211; Light Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Payne&#8217;s Grey, Pentel Presto correction pen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a beautiful 80 degree day &#8211; the first in 2012. I painted this sitting on our back porch. It was late in the day and the light was changing fast. I drew the scene in pencil first. 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