Tag: road

The Last Day of Winter

Or, maybe, The First Day of Spring?

I have been breaking out of my safety zone and moving on to using more expensive paper and larger sized sheets for painting.  Also, another is to use a somewhat limited palette, working to create colors by mixing in different strengths and blends.  Ultramarine and cobalt blues, burnt sienna and burnt umber, a dash of sap green.  Other colors include a mix of cadmium yellow and red, and some of Daniel Smith’s Primatek Sodalite (a black) for the road.

As always, there seems to be a lack of depth in my painting, despite my efforts . . . or maybe the road is not properly proportioned for its curve?

There is nothing like knowing Spring is nearly here, and see hints of emerging from the snow.

Undulations

More post processing of older pictures.  Over the next week, revisits to the California Poppy Reserve outside Los Angeles.  The day we went was windy and cold, and my fingers were so numb I could barely hold the camera.  The sky was filled with clouds, the air was clear, and the hills were covered with blues and oranges of lupine and poppies.

This caught my eye yesterday – all the curves in the cloud, path, hills, shadows.