The artist uses gray marker on a linen panel to create his initial compositional sketch.He turns to a big brush to do a basic block-in and add local color.“In an effort to expedite the foreground as I was losing the light, I picked up a handful of sand where I was set up and sprinkled it across a coat of Liquin on the bottom of the painting to incorporate some texture,” Poole says.Marc Poole, “Pima Panther,” 2024, oil, 8 x 10 in., Collection of Joe Walter, Plein air
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