Thursday, June 26, 2014

LA TIERRA DEL PUEBLO (Taos, N.M.) - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 3114 - LA TIERRA DEL PUEBLO (Taos, New Mexico) - 22"x28" Work in Progress Underpainting.  Color notes:  All colors mixed with MGUnderpainting White and Turpentine.  Sky: Cerulean Blue.  Mountains:  Cerulean Blue and Cobalt Blue.  Greens:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, some Yellow Ochre.  Fields:  Yellow Ochre, Italian Pink.  Foreground:  Burnt Sienna - some Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.

Friday, June 20, 2014

WALKING RAIN, 24"x30" Original Oil - Sold

WALKING RAIN, 24"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, unframed.  Completed 6/20/14. Sold

Thursday, June 19, 2014

WALKING RAIN - 24"x30" Work in Progress - Day 7

Studio No. 3014 - WALKING RAIN - 24"x30" Original Oil - Work in Progress - Day 7 - The Foreground.  Color Notes:  Highlights on the earth - Naples Yellow Pale, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna - some Holbein Rose Red and Dioxazine Purple in the shadows.  Trees:  Permalba white, yellow ochre, chrome oxide green for the highlights - Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna for the darks.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

WALKING RAIN - 24"x30" Work in Progress - Day 5

Studio No. 3014 - WALKING RAIN (Taos, N.M.) - 24"x30" Orig. Oil - Work in Progress - Day 5.  Color Notes: Dark Sky - Prussian Blue, Mars Black.  Lighter Sky -  Prussian Blue, Payne's Grey, Davy's Grey.  Lightest Sky - Permalba White and Naples Yellow Pale. Foreground:  Trees - Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and some Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Earth:  Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Holbein's Rose Grey, Yellow Ochre Pale.  

Monday, June 16, 2014

WALKING RAIN - NEW 24"x30" WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING)

STUDIO NO. 3014 - WALKING RAIN (Taos, New Mexico) - New Work in Progress (Underpainting).  Color Notes:  All colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White and Turpentine.  Sky - Variations of Payne's Grey, Prussian Blue, Cobalt Blue, Permalba White.  Foreground:  Earth - Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna.  Trees:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.

Friday, June 13, 2014

INTO THE LIGHT - New 22"x28" Original Oil- Sold

 INTO THE LIGHT (In the Taos Mountains, New Mexico) - New 22"x28" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, unframed.  Completed 6/13/14 - Sold

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

TESUQUE BLUE, 11"x14" Original Oil - Sold

 TESUQUE BLUE, 11"x14" Original Oil on Canvas, unframed - Sold

INTO THE LIGHT - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 2914 - INTO THE LIGHT - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Glazes - transparent and semi transparent colors, usually the darks of the palette mixed with painting medium and applied over the underpainting) - Color Notes: Pine Trees - deep, dark Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna, some Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Road - Burnt Sienna, Ochre, Holbein Rose Grey, Cobalt Blue, Dioxazine Purple.  Scrub Oak - Dark Glaze "scribbled" over the red - Alizarin Crimson and Burnt Sienna.  Hope to finish this painting this weekend - stay tuned!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

INTO THE LIGHT, 22"x28" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 2914 - INTO THE LIGHT (In the Taos Mountains, New Mexico) - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Color Notes: - Color is mixed with turpentine and Grumbacher MGWhite.   Trees - Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Sky:  Thalo Blue, Thalo Yellow Green, Permalba White.  Scrub Oaks:  Cadmium Red, Burnt Sienna.  Road - Burnt Sienna, Cobalt Blue, Dioxazine Purple.  Light Mountains: Dirty Brush from trees, Ochre and Cadmium Yellow.