It's a cold an rainy day outside the studio window - and the closest you get to a "winter feel" in S. CA - and a good day to start on a winter sceen that was posted as a snapshot last winter by a pal in Newport, R.I. It;s a great challenge in terms of color for sure. The photo was snapped by a friend of hers, and shown newport at dusk ina snowfall. You can feel the cold, and almost smell the firplaces starting up. What you see here is the dark, medium and light contrast painting to give me the shapes and values. On to adding the colors next.