Fencing Master/White Block Studies

10"x8" oil on Belgian linen mounted on board. (Raymart)

I went down to paint with Leif Nilsson again Sunday afternoon. We had been talking about Henry Hensche's color studies of colored blocks sitting on a table in strong sunlight. Being that a portion of Leif's fence would make a great "white-block study". That's what I tackled. I felt like I had made a few 'color breakthroughs' today. It will be interesting to see how I can integrate this way of 'seeing' into my work. This is one exercise I know you can do on your own, but I found it very helpful to hear directly from a student of Hensche's the thoughts & process behind these studies.