Addendum to Terri's Workshop

I previously told you that I started one more painting at the end of Terri's workshop. Since the underpainting is so different from the painting, I'm including it here. I just started putting pastel over the top third.

Now, here is the finished painting. This is the first time I took a picture of a painting and it came out quite different than the original, both in flash and in natural light. Oh, well...you get the idea.

This lovely location is Bryce Canyon. In early morning or late afternoon lighting, the "hoodoos" (rocky spires) take on a lovely glow of reds, oranges and golds. I love that word "hoodoo". There are trails you can walk down into and among the hoodoos in the canyon. It is really impressive.

Canyon Shadow

All the while I was painting this, I was thinking I didn't know what in the heck I was doing. My hand was a loose cannon with a mind of its own. My mind kept saying "OMG, you just messed that up, you should have left it alone!" I do like this one, however; some things came out exactly as I had planned...but I want to do it again. I'm sure the second time I'll have more of a plan, and I will have studied the rocks and understand them better. In the meantime, I'll take this one to class next week and get some feedback on it.