I think I’m finally getting somewhere with this painting. Although, it still doesn’t look a whole lot different from the last two posts. I darkened the middle background with lots of purples and a little blue too. It appears to have receded a bit into the distance with that. I also worked on getting…
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Canyonlands Painting in Oil – Part 4
I really put some time into this painting this last week, but unfortunately, it doesn’t really look a whole lot different than it did last week. When I was uploading the picture, I briefly confused it with last week’s progress shot. My plan next week is to go in and glaze over a lot…
Canyonlands Painting in Oil – Part 3
Thought I abandoned this one? Nope. I just took a little break from oils for the Inktober challenge. I feel like I’ve finally made some decent progress on this painting. I finally painted in the center part of the scene and then went ahead and repainted everything else while I was at it except…
Canyonlands Painting in Oil – Part 2
I haven’t made it very far on this painting yet. As usual, life has been busy and I haven’t been the diligent artist that takes makes time for art. I’m relatively happy with the rocks in the foreground so far, but I may move things around a bit still. I think there is maybe…
Canyonlands Painting in Oil – Part 1
I loved last week’s watercolor version of this painting so much that I decided to try it again in oil. This one will be a studio painting instead of plein air though. I don’t have any sort of set up for oil plein air, so I don’t think it would go…
Painting Field Trip to Canyonlands
This week I joined my oldest daughter on her class field trip to Canyonlands National Park. The school has a great “art coach” who goes out of his way to make art interesting for the kids and this field trip was entirely devoted to art. It was a 40 minute bus ride to the…
Needles Overlook During a Storm
The Needles Overlook of Canyonlands National Park offers stunning views of the park. Most of the time it’s not too exciting, but go during a thunderstorm and you’re in for a treat. It was amazing and a little exciting watching the lighting in the distance, but as the storm moved nearer, we had to leave….