I've been painting a lot, but I haven't posted to this blog for a while! So Sorry!!! Here is a little bit of my recent sketches and quick paintings:
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| "Aspen Road" 8 x 10 oil plein air |
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| "Canadian Rocky Mountain Train Ride" 5 x 7 watercolor |
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| "First Day of Autumn" 8 x 16 oil plein air |
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| "Genoa Cottonwood" 8 x 10 oil plein air |
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| "Meadow at Sky Tavern" 8 x 10 oil plein air |
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| "Sunset From the Mountain Top" 6 x 6 oil plein air |
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| "Truckee River in October" 9 x 10 oil plein air |
As you can see, I am getting out and experiencing the gorgeous colors of fall - yellow and orange aspen trees and cottonwoods. All of these paintings were done in under 2 hours, and some of them I intend to do more work on them..... but I thought I'd share them anyway.
We recently went on a train ride through the Canadian Rockies - stopping and staying at Jasper, Lake Louise and Banff. Wow! What incredibly gorgeous country! I only had time to do little watercolor sketches - either while on the train or on a tour bus, or standing on a bridge looking at a glacial river gorge during a 20-minute tour stop! Our flight home had problems and we had to wait in the airport for hours. So I took out a larger watercolor pad and started a larger version of the little river sketch. I am wishing I had time to continue working on it....it is out on my drafting table waiting patiently....and then, I want to try doing a pastel painting from these studies....and then maybe an oil painting after that....
....so many paintings to paint.....so little time to do them all..... (sigh!)
