Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Wet Paint, Plein Air ...

  
   I did this quick little 10x8, oil/canvas this afternoon in the back yard as a rumbling thunderstorm was blowing through just to the north. I worked with a limited palette of Titanium White, Ivory Black, Cad Yellow Medium, Cad Red Light, Ultramarine & Ceruleun Blue. I used Liquin as my medium. The sunlit edges of the dense clouds shined against the blue of the sky. I also liked how the sunlit hotness remained constant on the blowing bamboo and kept the heat of the reflected light in the shadows.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Wet Paint, Plein Air...

                                                        
    These red Bromeliads seemed an appropriate choice for this 10x8, oil/linen panel painted on the Forth of July. The intensity of the hot day added vigor to my brushwork in this attempt at catching the morning's backlight.