Out in the Boonies.

Oil on board 10*12

Highwood Pass

Oil on Board 8*10
I painted this when we went camping the other day, I should have waited for another couple of hours to have painted it, then I would have had better light so by the time I had finished painting the light had changed so much. I know for next time.

Distant Rain

Oil on Gessoed board 8*10

I wanted to try another Sky painting to get a sense of distance and to see if I could do a better foreground this time. I works better. I like the contrast of the heavy cloud with the distant red clouds at the bottom of the sky shapes. I like the yellow patch of rape seed this helps the painting so much.

The last painting I had been looking around for a good spot, so I got out of the car and I walking and I heard an bird of prey screeching in the back ground. Ok that was normal we get a lot of rodents around here, then I heard a whoshing sound, I didn't think anything of it and it happened again. I looked up and I was being dive bombed by an eagle!! and this happened about 6 or 7 times. so I just sat in the van side door and it flew away after that.

Summer Afternoon

Oil on Gessoed board 8*10

I wanted to try a sky scene this time. with the mountains and I liked this hazy silvery clouds we get.
It kinda worked out. I'm not sure of the foreground trees.

Shadow Fields

Oil on board 6*8

I have been building a bunch of things for the store, so now I am back.
I missed painting these fields last year and now is my chance, I saw this field on the way to paint the last painting. I took a few photos that means it was less than 30 photos, thank goodness for digital cameras. I feel the mountains worked and the foreground it is just the middle ground that I need to figure out now. It was cool to see these big clouds go over head and see all the shapes they made in the shadows and the shadow colours.

Rainy Creek new growth.

Oil on Gessoed Board 8*10

I went back to the same place as the last painting I did and I tried something different, I went a whole lot lighter. I told myself that I know that is dark back there but I will make it lighter so that the rest of the painting dosn't go too dark. I think it worked. I got home and made just a few tweaks with the darks just to pull it out more and I added a few more burnt sticks

Rainy creek, K country.

10*10 oil on gessoed Board

This painting I found today, in K country, I got everthing out and realized I didn't have my turpiniod, which I use to wash clean my brushes. I wanted to try out my new things I learned from Jim Wilcox and his video. So I just juiced up the paint and went for it. I will be going here again I think and try a different angle. I like the mountains I just have to find a better way of doing the front.

Barn on the X22

Oil on gessoed board 8*10

I didn't want to go too far today and I have been saving this spot for a while, after yesterday I had to figure out what I didn't do right and I didn't have enough darks going on, so with this painting, I took a breather and just looked a bit more. and then I just added the darks and it pulled it together more made it sharper, there wasn't a lot of darks added just a wee bit. In the bushes, the door and window and some of the fence posts.

Rainy day

8*8 Oil painted on gessoed board.

I have been here before and I am drawn to it, for several reasons being the distance from my house, the trees in foreground and background and the hill and sky.

I did notice when I took this photo that I did repeat the shapes of the trees in the background without knowing it, I knocked them out after I saw them on the blog.
It's tricky you dont see stuff like that when you are painting only when you see it from another perspective.

Light box Mk1

I have made the light box, it is the first attempt and I already think that I need to change the tracing paper to something more diffuse and stronger. But it works for now.