SUNDAY MORNING SURPRISE!!

 

10/31/10 - 10AM - TAOS MOUNTAIN BALLOON RALLY!  Surprise drop in visitors in my neighbors yard -- UP UP AND AWAAAY!  I LOVE SURPRISES!

30"x60" PLACITA IN WINTER - STEP 2 - UNDERPAINTING

30"x60" PLACITA IN WINTER (Work in Progress - Underpainting) -- Color notes:  Most of the color mixtures are done using MG Fast Drying White.  Sky:  Payne's Grey, Prussian Blue.  Mountains: Combinations of Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna as darkest colors; lighter shades with Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Yellow Ochre.  Snow:  Lightest areas MG mixed with a little Cad. Red and Cad. Yellow.  Shadows:  Payne's Grey -- Some Dioxazine Purple.  Light Trees:  Mud mixture with some Holbein Rose Grey.  MUD:  At the end of the day bring all the color mixtures together in one pile with your palette knife -- create "mud" -- use as a transitional color in the painting.  ENJOY!  DC

30"x60" PLACITA IN WINTER - STEP 1 - OIL SKETCH

Step #2 - Using study and photos as guides, oil sketch with Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Let
dry to the touch.  The next step is the underpainting - MG Fast Drying White with basic pastel colors.

30"x60" PLACITA IN WINTER, WORK IN PROGRESS

Portrait quality canvas, custom stretched.  Three coats of gesso tinted with Payne's Grey; let dry
for about ten days before painting.  Light sketch okay.