Lodge Pole Pine Study

So after fighting with the computer I was able to get this on to the blog.  More difficult than it needed to be.  This is a small oil study of Lodge Pole Pine trees in the Rocky Mountains.  I have seen similar scenes like this in Yellowstone National Park and in Rocky Mountain National Park.

James Painting - Part 2

I worked on my painting of my son, James.  I worked on the background, the hair, and worked on defining this facial features.  I will let this rest (i.e. drying time), and I will dry brush some more color in his hair and I will add some small detail to his shirt.

James Painting - Part one

I worked on this oil painting of my son James.  I put in the basic colors and I will work on adding depth and deeper colors inn the face and hair.

Sunset Study

Today's study is a sunset with cirrus clouds.  I did the paint wet on wet, i.e. I mixed the clouds colors together on the canvas.  I will let it rest and I will tweak it a bit tomorrow.

Summer Time Humid Sunrise study

I worked on this quick summer time sunrise oil study.  The humidity is rising in this one.  I will probably add some tweaks to this to add some depth to the foreground and I will work on the foliage.

Summer Cirrus

Sometimes a painting just works in one go.  This study of summer time Cirrus or Mare's Tail clouds came together well and I will not add or change anything on this.  Too bad this does not happen evertime.

Back to the easel - Spruce tree study

Back from a short trip and after catching up on house chores, I worked on this small spruce tree study.  It will need some adjustments but it is all part of the practice needed to improve.