You may recall that I posted Mrs. Trowbridge's sketch of her neighbor, Mrs. Maberry's cottage for the last Trowbridge episode. In this, the 125th episode of Trowbridge Chronicles, I decided to show you her painting of the cottage. She always did value studies of her subjects prior to the painting, which is what you saw in the last episode.
This was one of her "night paintings". In order to get the strong light and dark contrasts in her paintings, she would work outdoors at night, working by candle light.
Fantastic! Love this place! Mrs. Trowbridge was a terrific painter and did great service to her subject.
ReplyDeleteLady Marshwillow does indeed look terrifically distinguished in the portrait below. My goodness does she like fancy things.