PAINTING LEFT FIELD

Hey Friends,  Just finished a small series of  plein air started oil paintings.  I started them with acrylics, as the block in, before going out to this fantastic farm in Buchanan, Va. with my paint buddies, the Double Line Painters.  Obviously I put foliage on the trees, they are just so unappealing naked.

We went last week, and it was and still is winter time here in SW Va.  We even had tornadoes in the area Sunday!! Very unusual for this area.  Lynchburg, Forest area got the worst of it.

Above is what this small painting could look like, but much better if it was framed.  Maybe some day I will learn to frame them on line.  The middle photo is just a detail shot of the tree shadows.

This is for sale on Ebay and it should be dry tomorrow and ready for shipment.

I will post the others scattered over the coming week.

HAPPY TRAILS

I FINISHED IT

Hey Friends,  I finished this painting started at Carvin's Cove last week.

Below you can see the underpainting/sketch done with Golden's Metallic fluid paint.

I almost finished it and went to the photos to see how well I had done!  BOY, what a disappointment!

I guess, in my defense, it looks like my memory.  But it does not look like the real scene.

There were not any yellows like I painted, or like my memory stored.

So now I will do the same routine with a small one I started Monday at GreenHill Park in Salem, Va.

Will post that memory tomorrow.

Happy Trails

FINALLY - A DAY OF PAINTING !!!

Hey Friends,  It has been a great day here in the steam bowl of SW Virginia, also known as the Roanoke-Salem area.  The photo above was taken when my paint group, DLP, was at the Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge Parkway last month.  I started 3 paintings that morning.  I finally finished one today.

And I had my wits about me and took the camera out to the studio for progress shots

I even made a tiny, 30 second video, at the bottom of this post.

This is a sycamore tree that may be in it's final stages of life.  Slowly, limb by limb, they die.

Almost finished here, about another hour will do it..  This is on a gesso'd panel.  My favorite surface.

I do love the "YES" canvas but the gesso'd masonite is the best.

And here is the little video, I do hope it works.  I have one of my favorite CD's play in the background.  That would be, Beaux Jacque and the Hi-Rollers.  A zydeco band from Louisiana.

It's hard to paint while they are playing.  All she wants to do is dance!

I will post my others in a day or so.  I may hate them in the morning.

Thanks for your visit.

Happy Trails