Category: Year 2
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Cottonwood: #2
Tonight I decided I would try that cottonwood painting again after all. Once again, I wanted to focus on a limited palette, so I went with Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre, and Ultramarine Violet. I went with Ultramarine Violet instead of Quin Purple because I figured it might give me more red… not sure if that…
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Cottonwood: #1
I wanted to paint something from my imagination tonight, and tried to focus on neutralized colors. One thing my paintings suffer from (among others) is that they often make use of very high key colors, and often dont have much color harmony as a result. So I decided to make a painting using just three…
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Flooded Park: #1-3
I was driving home from the garage a few months ago after getting new tires, and saw that the park on Middlebranch was flooded. So, I pulled into the parking lot and snapped some photos. I particularly liked this one: The first time I painted it, I was far too heavy handed on every inch…
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Sometimes, you suck.
Wow. Its hard to describe the extent of the feelings of defeat Im having right now. I drove an hour and a half down to Blackhand Gorge State Park today to try some Plein air painting. Dear God, it didnt go well. I hiked the trails and found an incredibly serene spot just off one…
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Olmacher Dairy: #1
I wasnt feeling very motivated yesterday, and today I didnt feel much like digging through photos to find something to fail to paint. Yeah yeah. I know. Anyway, I sat down at a blank piece of paper and started messing around. I didnt really have much of a goal in mind, nor did I have…
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Cows on Zuercher Rd: #4
I painted this one ala prima (which means I didnt sketch it, and I painted it in one sitting.) I did this because I felt my last attempts were constrained by the sketch, and disjointed by letting the layers sit too long before coming back to it. I think doing it this way opened me…
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Cows on Zuercher Rd: #3
Well, time to try it for real. First, I sketched it. Ive written so much here and here and here about this painting that Im ok just going for it this time. Im not going to over think it. Im not going to stop and photograph every brush stroke. Im going to try to put…
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Cows on Zuercher Rd: How I Drew a Cow
I realized looking at the last painting that I put all my time into painting the landscape and just hoped the cow would come out. Needless to say, that doesnt work. The cow is the focal point! I was leaving the cow as an afterthought because I was intimidated by it. I dont know anything…
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Cows on Zuercher Rd: #2
PLEASE NOTE: I am dead certain that the following post will thoroughly exhaust anyone who might try to read it. So, please, skim/skip through any and all of this. Honestly, Im just trying to explain this stuff to myself so I can paint a pretty picture. Seriously… I decided that my last attempt at this…
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Cows on Zuercher Rd: #1
A while back I went to my friend Brandens house and painted in his back yard. Id like to do it again sometime. When I left his house, I saw some cows in a field, so I called my Wife and asked if she would mind if I stayed out a little longer. Graciously, she…
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Fly on the Moon: #1
We had these moon flower plants in our yard when I was a kid, and I just simply loved them. When my mom and dad moved from our childhood home, I asked my mom to bring me some of the moonflower pods so I could grow them here. This morning, I decided to paint one,…
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Plein Air at Salt Fork: #1
I took this photo of my easel set up for Plein Air painting when I was at Salt Fork a month or so ago. Tonight, I decided to try to paint it, and I guess I?ll try to toss myself into the picture. I don?t want to lean very heavily on the photo, which may…
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Farm Road: #32 (2019)
I started painting with watercolors last year, toward the end of July, or in August. I painted a few very simple pictures, and did some exercises with learning how to put down a wash, but didnt start in earnest until I decided to paint this photo of a farm house on a road near Berlin,…
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Salt Fork: #1
I drove out to Do some Plein Air Painting today. A while back I drove home from camping along Route 21, north of Salt Fork State Park. On the drive, I passed a Mutti Dairy Farm, and I took note of it as something to paint some day. So, when I decided to go painting…