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Kathleen B. Hudson

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Colorado Springs, CO
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Sketching on the Road

June 3, 2013 Kathleen Hudson

​In the Berkshires (Graphite on paper, 4.5 x 7 in.)

At the beginning of a thirteen hour drive to Ohio a week and a half ago, Joseph and I passed through the Berkshire Mountains on I-90 W. I had a sketchbook on hand and wanted to get in a study of the lower hills enshrouded in fog.

It's a mercy that Joseph loves driving because I get to spend all of those travel hours looking at the rapidly changing landscape from the passenger seat of the car.

If I see a scene that looks painting-worthy, I pull out the sketchbook. Sometimes I'll make written notes on specific things ("cobalt blue heavy in the shadows," or "underside of clouds are a warm purple gray") if I don't think my camera or sketch will sufficiently commit a detail to memory.

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