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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Paradise City Day

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It has been raining since early morning but I trusted the forecast of sunny afternoon and drove to Northampton. If the rain did not stop, at least Paradise City Arts festival is in town.

Thankfully, rain stopped around noon and sky starts to clear up. I continued to work on my painting from last week. The composition did not change much, however, I added a few things on the right hand side. I purposefully did not include too much since I find it more interesting when the composition is slightly unbalanced.

After working for 6 hours on this painting today, I decided to give it a rest. It is almost complete but it might need a few lighter shades in the dark and some interesting lines to keep the space connected together. I will revisit this in a few days with fresher eyes.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

October Afternoon

 

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Early paintings of Northampton started in this narrow alley that reminded me of Kathmandu.  Instead of focusing on the alley, I decided to include other buildings.   During late afternoon the alley was completely covered with shadow making it a mysterious space.  I decided to include this dark shadow and changed the middle building color from green to lighter blue.  This painting is still in progress.