Tag: Yosemite National Park
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Nightfall
While in Yosemite National Park, we watched the sun set from Glacier Point overlooking Half Dome. As the light faded and the darkness became absolute, more and more stars appeared. I had my camera set up and photographed the emerging stars. To make this painting, I wanted to try the thick layers of transparent medium again…
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Meadow Creek
This is another painting from Yosemite National Park. I tried a violet underpainting this time. In an effort to become more efficient at starting paintings, I used a larger brush to block in colors within a couple of hours. Details and reworking took considerable time after that though.
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Yosemite Valley
This painting was the result of a trip to Yosemite National Park last summer. Within the square canvas, I was striving for a circular composition. The dark green of the valley forest and the darker upper sky forms a ring around the lighter, cooler space between the granite cliffs. It was challenging to create…
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Tuolumne Meadows
The work starts with graphite sketches where I find I can more easily design compositions using the small scale and a pencil. Using a grid helps me to transfer the lines that I want to the large canvas and not lose the the grace of the sketch.