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February 13, 2015February 13, 2015 ~ cavepainter

Watercolor night painting of trees.

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This painting of a scene that I saw last winter is now varnished. It was somewhere between Granby and Fraser, in the mountains of Colorado west of Denver. I tried emphasizing the subtlety of the light to get a sense of restfulness, but it may still be a little too heavy handed in some places. #art #painting #landscape #landscapeart #oilpainting #coloradolife #colorfulcolorado #coloradoartist #smallpainting #winter #winterart #nocturne #landscapepainting #oilonboard #westernart #twilight #sunset #sunsetart #contemporaryrealism #realism

The last details on this painting of a sunset from last winter are almost finished. Next, the paint will be curing for a couple of weeks before I varnish it and post the final, so look forward to that soon. Until then, how about I switch back to watercolor for a while? I'm hoping to loosen up my brushwork a little. #art #painting #landscape #landscapeart #oilpainting #coloradolife #colorfulcolorado #coloradoartist #colorado_creative #smallpainting #artdetail #wip #inprogress #inthestudio #winter #twilight #sunset #sunsetart #contemporaryrealism #realism #artvideo

This is a part of Glenwood Canyon that I've taken photos of many times. Originally this painting had much less snow, but the lighting and sky weren't as interesting. I kept the framing and angle of the first reference and painted over it with the snow, lighting, and clouds of a second reference. The clouds and the snowy river were my favorite parts to paint. . There's also a major highway, I-70, that passes straight through the photo on a bridge over the river and disappears into a tunnel on the side of the left mountain. That and a train passing under the bridge were left out of the painting. It took a little bit of guessing to paint the areas that had been blocked from view by the highway. . . . #Holbein #oilonpanel #oilpainting #mountainart #Colorado #contemporaryrealism #realism #winterart #sunlit #goldenhour #goldenlight #landscapepainting #colorfulcolorado #coloradocreative #rockymountains #coloradoriver #paintanyway #artdiscover #contemporarylandscape #representationalart #oillandscape #landscapeartist #glenwoodsprings

“The poet and the naturalist have many things to say about nature, but it is the Christian who enjoys the beauty of the earth with the highest appreciation, because he recognizes his Father's handiwork and perceives His love in flower and shrub and tree. No one can fully appreciate the significance of hill and vale, river and sea, who does not look upon them as an expression of God's love to man.” -Ellen White For this painting I especially tried to represent the contrasting light and the brightness of the clouds. . I think this is somewhere in the western half of Colorado, along the Colorado River, probably not far from Glenwood Springs. The reference photo was taken a few months ago. . The palette this time was ultramarine light, gold ochre, burnt sienna, and titanium white. I've found that, at least for the landscapes that I paint, most of what I paint can be made with this palette or something very similar. Painted on illustration board. . . . #traditionalart #oilpainting #oilonpaper #Colorado #coloradoartist #colorfulcolorado #mountainart #art #painting #holbein #realism #contemporaryrealism #limitedpalette #lightandshadow #coloradoriver #rockymountains #mountainartist #sunlit #newart #originalart #landscape #backatit

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