Sunrise Study

This is a small study of a sunrise over mountain ridges done in oil paint.  This is an example of atmospheric perspective.  I painted in the basic ridge lines going back to the horizon.  I added more white to the blue to make them seem further away.  I then used the sky mix or yellow, orange and white to add the haze lines separating the different ridges.

Back lit Jungle

Tonight's posting is another of the jungle.  This is looking up at the sky lit foliage.  I will add additional leaves to the branch.  I bit different than my usual paintings.

Jungle Study

This is part experiment run of studies, since I have been to Panama and Belize and plan to do some paintings from the sites there.  This is a layered painting, I did the dark background with the white spaces.  I them added the blue highlights, and the leaves.  I will add a glaze to be the haze from the humidity of the jungle.

Box Turtle - Block-in

Saturday is errand day, so till I get to retire I usually don't get much artwork done.  Plus so of the things I have been working on are layered, so I have a bunch of starts but most are not post worthy yet.  Maybe when I get to a third of fourth layer on some of these experiments.  So this post is an experiment, I have never tried to paint a turtle.  I have blocked in the shape and base color, with a little bit of shadow.  Next step will be to outline the shell contours and then work the colors.

Palm Fronds

This is another start of an experiment.  I have not painted palm trees and I want to eventually paint some Weaver birds from Kenya so this is a good practice study.

Smoky Mountains - Block-in

I am starting a new set of studies of different things, some textures, trees, ground covers and atmospherics.   This is an atmospheric study of the Smoky Mountains.  I will add in tree texture and the mists/"Smoke" one sees in this region after the block-in drys.

Foggy Shoreline

Tonight's painting is not original but it is a study before I do some of my own paintings from Maine.  I will need to work on the shoreline of this one.  I color corrected the sky, water, and rocks from an earlier attempt at this one.