I found this composition sketched out in my book from over the summer, so thought I’d finish it off. My reference photo had a giant utility pole in it. I resisted the temptation, and left it out of this. This one was done with Prussian blue, nickel azo yellow, and transparent pyrrol orange. Prussian blue and transparent pyrrol orange are good complements of equal strength, so mix a rich black that can be easily tinted. The Daniel Smith version of the orange is really more like a vermilion or cadmium scarlet, but without the opacity. I am finding it to be a useful color.

I am slowly learning my way around gouache, sticking with ultramarine, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, and white. The cup on the left reminded me how out of practice I am drawing. I like the little landscape, though, of another field in Montana, especially the yellow ochre fields against a cloudy sky.