Hope's Art Journey

This is a 30 x 30 canvas that I stretched myself and gessoed using Utrecht gesso.  It is very creamy and covers well.  I coated the raw canvas 3 times.  Then, I did a glaze of yellow ochre over the entire canvas.  I decided to block in the trees and marsh in a underpainting in order to get a pattern before I did the sky.  In a painting this size with such a complicated cloud pattern, I find it usually pays to paint it first.  I can repaint the area around the trees to cut into areas.  It took me over a week to do the sky.  I used easy flow so I could blend some and added medium to the mixtures.  The Utrecht titanium white is very opaque and covers well.  It still takes several coats to cover some areas where I wanted almost pure white.

On a personal note - I have been researching downtown Clermont for spaces to rent.  I either want to open my own gallery showing my work and maybe some 3 dimensional work.  I have no plans for classes as I need a flexible schedule.  Also, it is not my plan to work too hard as I just need to break even not make a killing.