2022

The Arts Afield group meets several times a month from April to November.  I joined in as much as possible between painting trips.

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Paintings

'Through the Trees'

16x20

April

'Front Range in May'

11x14

May

'Before the Rain'

16x20

May

'Warm Summer Foothills'

11x14

July

'August's End'

11x14

August

'August's End' Process

We set up near the castle, looking west.

I was attracted to the line of five trees on the ridge, below Pikes Peak.

I placed the trees in the lower middle third on my thumbnail sketch.

Then I toned the panel and drew the shapes with colored pencil, working to make them more interesting and varied.

I started painting at the top with the sky, to capture the puffy clouds, and to establish the lightest value.

I worked my way down, increasing the warmth and saturation of the colors as they become closer, and made the shapes larger.

I gave the plants in the foreground more definition, texture, and harder edges.

The finished painting.