Memorial Auditorium at Sunset

After doing a series of quick sketches in graphite, charcoal, or watercolor like the one on yesterday's post, I can more easily decide which composition I prefer for the final work. Yesterday's sketch was a 10 x 8 watercolor and ink. From the group of those sketches, I chose a more elongated design at sunset. This oil painting is on a 36 x 24 inch canvas. Because I wanted a fuller, textured effect with different attack of paint in the columns, the greenery, the glass wall, and the sunset sky, I worked only in palette knife.