Sunset River reflection study

I worked on this over the weekend.  I added the foliage and branches.  I added highlights to the foliage both in the background trees and the foreground grasses.  So another study done on the way to complete the 10,000 hours of practice needed to get to mastery of a skill.

Sawyer Glacier Fjord View

This is the other oil painting I finished this weekend.  It is from a trip we took two years back through the Alaskan Inner Passage.  This is a view from the Fjord leading to the Sawyer Glacier.

Juneau Welcoming Committee - Finished

This is a painting I started awhile back but waited to finish.  I added the two eagles to the top of the channel marker leading into Juneau, Alaska.

Sunset Water Study

I had previously blocked this in and then set it aside.  I took it up again tonight and added extra color to the sky and the water.   I added the trees on the left bank, I think this one is done.

Saguaro Cactus Sunset Study

So I have had a hectic couple of days and the art work has suffered a bit.  I have four different things going and this was the only one even close to being post worthy.  It is a bit rough but not a bad start.  I will need to work some of the cloud edges and I want to add more tones/colors into the clouds to add depth.

Alaska Sawyer'S Glacier Fjord - part 2

As I said yesterday, I had cleaned up so around the studio room and decided to work on this some today before the family and firework festivities get started.  I changed the tone of green through out the foreground and middle ground.  I extended the snowfield/Glacier so it made better sense to the composition and I started the process of making sense of the waterfall.  I did nothing on the background but I think I took a better picture this time around.  So Happy Fourth of July!

Livestock Auction Building, Denton, Maryland

I started this a while ago with drawing this out and setting the basic lines.  I then was flummoxed on how I wanted to paint this so I tucked it away.  I did a mid-year clean and re-organize and found this today and saw exactly how I wanted to start this and I have a plan to finish it.  This building was a Livestock Auction Building in Denton, Maryland.  It was was decrepit and in need of paint, which gave it lots of character and interest.  This is the basic bloc in of the colors and now I will have to add the age, peeling paint, rust, and other age.  Now the building is a flea market and has been painted and repaired.  Good for the building, boring for the art.