I was painting with a friend and we pulled off the road to get this field with the wonderful foreground leading into the image. I was fascinated by the clouds that were quickly changing but piled up in the sky. There was no real foreground, but I didn’t want to force one when the sky was what I wanted people to see.
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I seem to prefer the scenes where I am looking into the light. Here the low sun was blocked by the foreground trees. I was interested in the colors with the little bit of red from the buds of the foreground tree and the dense thick green behind it.
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A rainy day in my car. I found this tree with white flowers. The warm white on the tree contrasted with the cooler white from the sky.
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On Black Friday I was able to slip away for a couple of hours and paint this from a view from the park. Â It was a dreary day, but the green of the grass popped and the drainage ditch in the foreground made and interesting path into the composition.
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There was a light fog in the air and it was beautiful to look towards the sun. Â I pulled over in a park and painted this scene from my car.
In the afternoon, In the late winter, After the snow has melted.
View From the Hill, 6″ x 8″, $150, oil on linen on panel Buy with PayPal
In Illinois, I stopped here on the way home and painted a plein air of the fall scene. Â It was an unusually warm day and perfect for standing outside.
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On my return home, I ended up stopping at the same spot along the Illinois and Indiana border. Â It was ver windy, but warm so I was able to position myself half in and half out of my car and paint. Â The car sheltered me from the wind and kept my easel from toppling over!
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I turned around after painting an early morning painting and liked the subtlety of the blue shadows of foreground snow and the distant mountains. I decided to use my palette knife to accent the close snow with thicker, textured paint.
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This is one that was started on location and finished in the studio. Â It was the week after the time change last autumn and I did not realize how quick it was going to get dark. Â I thought I would have more time before my light disappeared.
