Irises Update

I worked on a few things today, and cycled back into somethings started but not finished.  I wish I could say I was a type of artist who could knock out a painting in one go, i.e. all prima.  But I am not there yet,  I usually start something and work on it a while until I get frustrated or the paint is too thick to mess with and then I return to it later.  The above two photos are of the Irises.  There was an intermediate step between them but I did not get a picture of it.  The painting is going good now and will need some refinement on the stems and a little on the petals but it is coming together now.

Sky Sunset study

One of the things I have been working on is to do as many starts (on paintings) as possible as a way to improve my painting skills.  This is a block-in of the Sun setting behind a cloud and its reflection in a small lake.  This will need a lot of work but it is part of the starts.

Another Night Nocturne

This is another Night Nocturne I blocked -in.  I will need to work on the reflection.  It is one of the harder parts of water, so I will continue to work on it.

Beach Nocturne Study

This is the block-in I did of a beach at night.  I will have to work on the water as it will need the most work.  I have been out of town but now I am back to work and painting.

Boreal Forest from the sky Study

This is a small study I have worked on.  It is a Boreal Forest i.e. from the Great North of Alaska or Canada as seen from the air.  It is not a bad block in but I will have to go back and smooth out some of the detail to make the foliage seem more convincing.

Summer Break - James Snow Boarding

Since it is a bit of a heat wave, I decided to post a sketch I did of James Snowboarding.  James was pretty fearless and would jump, grind, and wipeout on everything, but he certainly enjoyed himself and the slopes.

Delicate Arch Nocturne

I started this over the weekend and it is nowhere near finished.  I did a smaller version of this ten years ago and I wanted to do a larger more in depth version.  So this is 24 x 18 inches.  I have blocked in the basics.  The sky is too light as I want to make it look like the Milky Way with the thousands of stars you can see in the real back country without light pollution.