Boardwalk Days part 40

 Time to get to work.  My plan for today was to experiment with color on my first test piece.  I call this an experiment as I know I still don't have all the color hues I need to complete the piece, but the best way to see what I need to order is to put down on paper what I have.  A very cold day today, but the heater in my Studio works.  

Being that the subject of this piece is a specific part of Asbury Park's famous boardwalk, it makes sense to listen to some early Bruce Springsteen as I do this, since his early albums are much about his adventures in the town.  In fact, the cover I have on the copy of this disc that I kept on my shelf in my apartment was made from a newspaper photo of the boardwalk in the old days, perhaps when he was making those early albums.  One of the songs even mentions Asbury Park in its title.  (more on this disc can be found back in November of 2019 if you want to know more)  Actually the town has been on my mind a bit lately, as I have read a few newspaper articles talking about how a new restaurant is coming to Asbury, over on Cookman, but in a space showed art in a few times.  My prints (boardwalk prints no less in both the Tri-City show, and a later Jersey Shore show) were hung in the large stairway, but now I wonder if the upstairs gallery will be another special dining room, or be used for offices.  

Anyway, I got there today, filled my water can from the bathroom sink, and got to work from my notes.  Unfortunately, I had left the 15 color kit at home, so I couldn't do everything I planned, but I was busy the whole time that one disc played.  Results can be seen below:

Neither way was it going to be complete today (and this proof from back in October wasn't useable anyway, just to see how certain colors work next to each other),  but it did let me know I was on the right track with what I had done so far.   I have to be careful here, making sure I get real colors right, and then making sure what I choose for the others goes with what is here.  I emptied my water can in the slop sink in the work room, and headed home, bringing the proof with me.