Tag: rocks

Waterfall at Blackhand Gorge: #1

Mar 20, 2020

in Landscape, Rocks, Successful Paintings, Water, Water Color, Year 2

I took Norah, and Winnie out to Blackhand Gorge last weekend because I couldn�t work in the bathroom (the tile was setting.) I told them about the history of the Gorge, as I got it from Wikipedia. Before Europeans came to Ohio, there was a system of cliff ridges near the Licking River in Ohio…
Rocks at Wooster Memorial Park

Jan 22, 2020

in Epiphany, Failed Paintings, Landscape, Rocks, Water Color, Year 2

I took a walk in the Wooster Memorial Park after work one day this past summer looking for something to paint. As I wandered around the creek, I saw a rocky outcrop about twenty feet up a hillside. Just then, my daughters FaceTimed me, and I waved the phone around like an idiot, showing them…
Study – Rocks & Trees: #1

Feb 6, 2019

in Rocks, Studies, Trees, Water Color, Year 1

I think I learned more tonight doing these little studies than I have in a long time. First, I wanted to test blooms. I found that I need the pigment to be much more dry than I previously thought to get the effect I�m after with blooms. I want the pigment to lift from the…