One of the two attached images is a sketch I created yesterday at Elephant Rocks State Park, a geological wonder in Iron County, Missouri. To keep my pack light up the icy walk, I brought only a limited palette of colored pencils. My on-site sketch appears almost cartoonish in its simplicity, and with its limited range of colors, it is scarcely useful as a color study.
However, my purpose in creating this field sketch was more than simply reproducing the scene. I sat on the boulder and pulled out my sketchpad and pencils in the dead of winter to capture a moment of inspiration, however simply, to recall later in the studio. Likely, the snow-capped giants will become a companion piece to the other attached image, my pastel painting creatively titled “Elephant Rocks”.
However, my purpose in creating this field sketch was more than simply reproducing the scene. I sat on the boulder and pulled out my sketchpad and pencils in the dead of winter to capture a moment of inspiration, however simply, to recall later in the studio. Likely, the snow-capped giants will become a companion piece to the other attached image, my pastel painting creatively titled “Elephant Rocks”.
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