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Winter’s End

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 ~ cavepainter

An oil painting landscape of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

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I recently got some vellum sketchbooks and drew this fox in graphite, before sealing the paper with acrylic and eventually painting over everything in acrylic paint and now oil paint. The reference is from Pixabay but there wasn't any photographer listed. In the original photo the fox was just out in the open on top of a tree stump, but I though I'd make a forest scene. . . . #oilpainting #painting #instaart #redfox #fox #animalart #art #contemporaryrealism #resting #oilonpaper #vellum #nature #realism #artgram #tranquil #traditionalart #natureart #forest #sketchbookpainting #smallpainting #originalart #artsy #myart

6"x6" (15.24cm x 15.24cm). Before starting the underdrawing that I posted earlier as a story I lightly sanded the pre-primed gessobord board to smooth out the bumps. Later a couple of coats of acrylic medium and gesso were added to make sure I hadn't removed too much primer. . A lot of the paint used for this is paint that I made a long time ago and put in tubes. All of the black paint and burnt sienna, plus most of the white and yellow ochre. Some of the areas painted black also have store bought brown and blue in them. . Photo reference from minka2507 on Pixabay. . . . #oilpainting #contemporaryrealism #lion #lioness #art #newart #originalpainting #animalart #oilonpanel #gessobord #allaprima #wetpaint #wildlifeart #painterly #realism #smallpainting #handmadepaint #paintanyway #artist #instaart

Last week I tried making a small egg tempera painting of the Colorado River, which I showed in stories, but it needed more detail work and there wasn't much focus in the composition anyways. I had several photos of the same scene from different angles because they were taken through a train window while the train was moving. You can see the shadow of the train in the bottom left corner. This oil painting was made with one of the other reference photos. . At first I wasn't going to use this one because my focus was on the frozen river, and the bush in the center is blocking part of the view. I reconsidered using this because I started to like how the small and humble bush provided more foreground to the scene. There's also some extra color contrast in the combination of the orange highlights against the blue river background, and the dark lines against the bright snow background. . The actual photo is taken from a higher angle because I always sit on the top level of the train, but by making some adjustments vertically compressing the landscape and stretching the bush I made the scene look like the viewer was at ground level. . I’m pretty sure this scene is right after the train leaves the upper Gore Canyon, while traveling east, just before passing Kremmling. . . . #oilpainting #landscape #Colorado #art #coloradoartist #landscapeart #oilonboard #ampersand #colorfulcolorado #winterart #contemporaryrealism #oilpaint #classicalrealism #bluesky #fineart #winterwonderland #originalart #paintanyway #coloradoriver #realism

While sorting through my photos to find something to make a large painting of, I found this scene and decided to make a small sketch painting. It's on a 4"x6" piece of oil painting paper from Arto that @biscu.it_art sent me. Most of the paint seen here I made. All of the white, black, some of the blue, and most of the ochre. . . . #oilsketch #oilpainting #art #painting #quickpainting #allaprima #landscapeart #landscape #Colorado #coloradoartist #lightandshadow #contrast #instaart #coloradohighcountry #dailyart #contemporaryrealism #coloradoriver #handmadepaint #oilonpaper #paintanyway #smallpainting

Paintings

Oil on linen, 8″ x 10″

Watercolor on paper, 5″ x 7″

Gouache on watercolor paper, 7″ x 5″

Watercolor on paper, 4.75″ x 6.25″

Oil on linen, 5″ x 7″

Finished painting

Watercolor and gouache on 140 lb watercolor paper, 4.5″ x 6.125″

Acrylic on paper, 8.5″ x 6″

Oil on canvas, 7″ x 5″

Watercolor and ink on 300 lb soft press watercolor paper, 5″ x 7.25″

Acrylic on bristol board, 10.25″ x 9″

Oil on canvas, 5″ x 7″

Watercolor on 300 lb paper, 4.75″ x 7″

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 6″ x 8.25″

Watercolor on paper, 5.75″ x 8.75″

Watercolor on 140 lb paper, 4.25″ x 6″

Watercolor on 140 lb paper, 4.25″ x 6″

Watercolor on 140lb paper, 3.75″ x 5.75″

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