$50 © Pam Van Londen 2009, Penn Farm, acrylic on 8×8-inch archival Claybord panel. Unframed.
This new challenge from Different Strokes is to turn a medium key grayscale pastoral scene into a colorful landscape.
Pennsylvania is as pastoral as the Willamette Valley in Oregon, so I have had many hours contemplating technique for a subject such as this.
I started with a red under-painting laid down with a funny brush. Other colors were laid down down soon after. The red shows through in almost all areas, adding drama.