California Landscape Paintings, Photography and Life Adventures
My 2 painting inspirations are the Ocean and the Sierras. We are attending the annual meeting of Echo Lake cabin owners tomorrow night May 2, and are really looking forward to the new mountain season. From our family cabin at 7300 ft. near Lake Tahoe, I can look across 2 lakes and see mountains and …
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I am posting 3 new plein air paintings on the Plein Air Outdoor page, please take a look. Did some hiking and had fun painting at Torrey Pines State Beach in La Jolla . Also a view from my old De Anza track team stomping grounds in the Cupertino Foothills (see below) , and then …
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Painting watercolors outdoors en Plein Air can be very difficult and challenging . Variations in temperature and humidity often cause unpredictable drying times for the watercolorist. Therefore the artist must learn to adjust and recognize the influence of the conditions on the painting process. Better to begin and learn in the studio, before venturing forth into the …
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Bridal Veil Falls , Yosemite PleinAir oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in. This was painted in about 3 hrs from the meadow below, then finished in the studio. The canvas was previously toned with an Indian Yellow thinned with Mineral spirits. This serves as an underpainting that shines through …