Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Great Falls Virginia
This is the competed Great Falls Plein Air. Since I added to it after leaving the scene it is not technically still Plein Air but, the fading, changing light meant I had to stop anyway, as I am not fast enough yet to capture the scene quickly. Though Plein Air is the means to getting better.
Monday, January 12, 2015
Snowy Mountain - Part two
Today, I messed with a couple of different paintings I had blocked in previously. I will continue to post the before and afters so you can see the progress and how I have tweaked things on the path of getting them to a finished state. The top photo is today;s work. I refined the sky, the cliffs and the foreground. It is getting closer to a state I will be happy with and I will probably play some more with it tomorrow evening.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Orchids
Today, I puttered around on a few things, but this is what I did which was the biggest change on things. I decided to block in the start of these Orchids. Just the basics color notes and the background. I will add to the Flowers details and will leave the background dark but textured from the thick application of paint.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Great Falls, Virginia - Plein Air
Today, I braved the cold with artist Armand Cabrera and Plein Air painted at Great Falls Virginia. It is where the Potomac river passes over a series of rocky shelves. Plein Air is great for observation of nature and improving your painting skills. It is also a huge challenge. I only completed part of my two canvasses. I will probably work a little more on both tomorrow. I captured as much as I could before the winter sunshine shifted too much and changed all the colors and shadows.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Sycamore tree study
Sycamore Tree study is what I worked on this evening after the full day at work. I had done the initial block in early for the background and I added the trunk and some of the branches. More work will need to be done on this but it has a decent start.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Rooster Finished up
I finished up with some highlights on the rooster as part of my activities this evening. Now I will ignore it for a while and see if anything bothers me after a few days, but this is probably finished. I will get a scan of it when it is dry which will be better than this photo.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Snow Day Fun
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