Books - Quick Study

Happy Friday, so I did another quick study for tonight's post.  I did this in about an hour and the point is to quickly and accurately(ish) try to capture the colors and shapes without overthinking it and overworking the painting.  No focus on details just practice to get things set for plein air painting.

Tomatoes - Quick Study

I did this oil painting as another quick study.  It's three tomatoes.  It is an okay start, I don't feel like I got the roundness of the tomatoes as well as I would like.  The saying is keep practicing the starts of paintings and the finishes will take care of themselves.  So this is a start, but I don't know about the finish.

Carrots - The quick study

Tonight I worked on a quick oil study of carrots.  I knocked this out quickly. I wanted to work on getting down a decent capture of paint in a quick manner.  No time wasted over thinking or daubing, practice getting it down quick and as accurate as possible.

Head Studies in Pencil

I worked on these tonight, more of the Andrew Loomis book studies.  I tried to work these up fast and only spent about 45 minutes on each.  Some are better than others and the last in the bottom right corner is best.  All work towards 10000 hours for mastery or at least proficiency.

Lemons Quick Study

I knocked this quick oil study out this afternoon.  It was about an hour and half painting, so not bad for the time and one go only at the brush strokes and paint application.

Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge Steam Engine #487 - Finished

I finished, mostly, this oil painting of Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge Steam Engine #487 tonight.  I have been working on this on and off for the pass couple of years.  I think I have improved enough that I have worked this to a level I am satisfied with and can live with it.  The Cumbres & Toltec is an original Denver and Rio Grande Railroad line which runs along Colorado's southern border with New Mexico.  The railroad is now run as a tourist heritage line and is well worth a trip down to see.

Sunset over the Caribbean - working the sky

I pulled this out tonight and worked on the sky.  I am happy with the sky.  I need to work on the water to get it better and more realistic.  I am going to add layers to the water.