K River - 10

Next thumbnail (2.5" square pencil sketch).

and the 6 x 6 sketch on black gesso:

I tape the Arches oil paper to a board;
you can see bits of the blue tape at the edges of this photo.

I'm painting these studies on Arches oil paper because
I can cut it to whatever size I want and it's light and easy to handle and store.

This painting will have a far background and a close foreground -
 it might be hard to do the middle ground ... we will see!

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