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Wading Stag

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 ~ cavepainter

Acrylic painting of a stag in water with a reflected tree.

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The painting on the left is of a small stream west of Glenwood Springs, and on the right is a mule deer from another part of the mountains. The last time I took the train through the mountains there were a lot of deer, more than I've seen in years, and the photo reference for this was one of them. . . . #sketchbook #acrylic #acrylicart #acryliconpaper #acrylicartist #traveljournal #moleskine #moleskineart #m_artcollection #sketchbookart #Colorado #contemporaryrealism #winterart #eveninglight #landscapepainting #colorfulcolorado #colorado_creative #muledeer #snowyscene

I recently passed by the same scene as the last post, but with very different lighting, so here's a second version of it. One additional detail mentioned by the @Amtrak train conductor is that the schoolhouse was built for the children of the miners that were digging the Moffat Tunnel a short distance away. . This time I used a small set of acrylics from @Goldenpaints. It's the first time I've used their "open acrylics", which stay workable for noticeably longer than normal. The previous experiments with oil paint in this sketchbook worked well, but these acrylics seem much more suitable for traveling with. . . . #sketchbook #acrylic #acrylicart #acryliconpaper #Goldenpaints #traveljournal #moleskine #moleskineart #m_artcollection #mountainart #Colorado #contemporaryrealism #winterart #eveninglight #landscapepainting #colorfulcolorado #colorado_creative #goldenopen #frontrange #Amtrak

This is the old Tolland schoolhouse that I frequently pass on the train. It was built in 1902 and, if I remember the story right, it was only used for one year because that location in the valley turned out to be too cold in the winter. To the left of this scene is the Moffat tunnel, which is 6.2 miles (10 km) long and takes us about 10 minutes to pass through. . Since the last painting like this worked well, I've painted this again in a pocket @Moleskine sketchbook. This time I used Holbein paints because I have several of them in smaller tubes that might be better suited to traveling with. The colors used were ultramarine light, gold ochre, burnt sienna, ivory black, and permanent white. . #art #sketchbook #oilpainting #oilonpaper #painting #holbein #traveljournal #moleskine #moleskineart #m_artcollection #oilsketch #mountains #mountainart #Colorado #contemporaryrealism #landscape #winterart #originalart #landscapepainting #colorfulcolorado #coloradocreative #rockymountains #frontrange

This is my first time using oil paint in a sketchbook. The paper was sealed first with acrylic medium on top of an acrylic underpainting. Hopefully once the paint is dry and the pages are closed they won't stick. I've seen it work for some other artists that use oils in sketchbooks so it should be okay, but it's an experiment for me. . . . #art #sketchbook #oilpainting #oilonpaper #painting #traveljournal #moleskine #moleskineart #oilsketch #mountains #mountainart #Colorado #contemporaryrealism #landscape #winterart #sunlit #originalart #landscapepainting #colorfulcolorado #coloradocreative #rockymountains #coloradoriver

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