Monday, March 31, 2014
Ocotillo Sunrise
This is a quick sketch of a section of the mountains above Anza Borrego, California. The ocotillo was blooming and it was a quiet morning. 8x10"
Labels:
ocotillo bloom,
pink sky
Desert Rain, Ocotillo
The skies were changing while I was there this March. The landscape and sky blend and combine to make interesting effects. This was painted on my mother's, Thelma, birthday.
11x14"
11x14"
Labels:
desert rain,
ocotillo painting
Palm Skirt
I was very attracted to the color and form of the California Fan Palms in the desert. I like the distant indications of the structures of Anza Borrego. 12x12
Labels:
oasis,
Palm skirt
Palm Breeze
Labels:
spirit painting,
summer painting,
wind painting
Palm Medium
This is another quick sketch of a California fan palm. I used several brushes and scraping tools for the textures and details in the drawing of the plants. 11x14
Labels:
cactus painting,
credit card,
palette knife,
tools
Palm Road
Palm Shadow
This is a quick sketch that I intend to work back into. I may develop the ground shapes and separate the different grounds. foreground, middle-ground, background. 12x12
Labels:
atmospheric perspective,
palm shadow
Palm Van
I camped here for a couple days and just turned a different direction when I needed a new view. Here's my rig that barely made it home to Ventura the next day. It is still at the mechanic one week later. I have a love/hate relationship with it.
Palm Wide
This is a composition I explored forcing the top and bottom edges of the canvas with information. This is a little darker than the original. I named the paintings with cinematic descriptions. 11x14
Labels:
california fan palm,
cinematic,
composition
Sunrise Palm
I had palms in most of my paintings on this desert trip. It is a motif I felt like exploring. This painting has a light red stain on the canvas and I cheated the shadows forward to help the depth of field. 12x12
Labels:
desert plein air,
sunrise palm
Sunrise Peak
Sunrise peak is also a painting from the desert trip. I was surprised how fast the shadows change and made sure I addressed them first. I laid down a rose madder red wash to tone the canvas and let it pop through in this 5 min. sketch. 8x10
Labels:
quick sketch,
rose,
sunrise peak
Palm Camel
The last few months I have been working on paintings in the studio, so I did not post. The following posts for March are from the trip I took to Anza Borrego Ca.
This was the first one I did from the top of the Morango Casino parking structure at sunset.
Karen, my muse, said she saw a camel in the image; thus the name.
This was the first one I did from the top of the Morango Casino parking structure at sunset.
Karen, my muse, said she saw a camel in the image; thus the name.
Labels:
anza borrego california,
sunset
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