Plein Air Paintings From Desert Center

Two Plein Air Painting

I did these two paintings while I was in Desert Center CA last week, driving around in my dads 4 wheeler, what a blast.

Dad's 90th Birthday

Flying to California for my Dad's 90th Birthday. - Leaving on the Red Eye Express tonight to be in the Calif Desert with my parents. Dad is celebrating his 90th Birthday. I am so amazed at his and mom's good health. Hard to believe they are that old, and going strong. Well bags packed. Donna and I are going out for lunch and spending the day together before I leave tonight. See you later.

Finshed Bishop Beach, and Sharing Fish Stories

Sharing Fish Stories #2 & Bishop Beach March 2009
Sharing Fish Stories is a larger rendition of a small 4 x 6 painting I did last year. I really like the concept so decided to make a major work out of the original study painting. It is 11 X 14 oil on RayMar canvas panel.

Bishop Beach is "Finally" done. This little 9 x 12 oil painting was more of a challenge then I anticipated. But happy with the results. Lots of little colors and values throughout the painting you don't see in this small picture.

Stage 3 Painting on Easel at the moment

HOMER BEACH STEP 3 I have more or less am at the final stage now. Will work the figure up next. This has come together much fast er then I would have guessed. It is a 12 x 9 inch oil painting on linen.

Homer Beach Paintiing Started.

Homer Beach Painting In OIls I have sketched out the painting and blocked in the composition in midtones, this stage is just to see how the composition is working out. Need to decide now what to add, keep or change. I plan on really playing with the colors in this composition.

Final Stage of Mountain Lake?

Mountain Lake - I went back to this painting this morning and added some white with a touch or cadnium orange to the sky and distant water, added more life to the scene. Also started to bring the reflected light over top of the rocks. Decided not to do to much to it, looks pretty good as is. I did also go back to the treeline and brought some dappled light through the top of the treeline. A nice 2 day painting.

Painting Rocks Underwater

Technique of Painting Rocks Underwater - Last week I gave a demo to our Friday painting group, this week Don Kolstad gave a painting Rocks Underwater demo. I was so intrigued by his simple technique that I had to give it a try. This is a little 8"x10" I started today. I will let the oil paint dry some tonight and then continue and bring the reflected light overtop of rocks in the forground to simulate water overtop of the rocks. Thought it would be interesting to put this first unfinished image and then follow up with a finished image. Thanks Don, great demo and I will use this technique in the future.