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September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 ~ cavepainter

An oil painting landscape of the Matterhorn mountain.

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I've been exploring some ways for how I might want to approach sketchbooks and what I want the sketchbook to even be. It's not usual that I use a sketchbook at all, except while traveling, but there are some good reasons to do this more often. The last full page was also like this, with drawing or sketches on the top page and a more developed painting on the bottom. In some ways I like this approach, but the painting definitely took more working time than I'd think appropriate for a sketchbook. The top page is almost all colored pencils on an acrylic ground, which went a lot faster and seemed promising. Maybe on the next page I'll try ink and watercolor wash again, or maybe just all colored pencils. #acrylicart #painting #art #acryliconpaper #green #lilypad #frogpond #realism #contemporaryrealism #realisticart #sketchbook #moleskine #moleskineart #m_artcollection #originalart #coloradoartist #illustration #traditionalart

One more oil painting at 8"x6". This valley is called Azure. It’s not labeled or mentioned anywhere that I looked online, but I remembered hearing that people sometimes go hunting there and I finally found a paper hunting map that used that name. The gap between the mountains in the center leads to the Upper Gore Canyon, and there's often people on various boats in this part of the river for either fishing or other recreation. The palette was mostly the usual ultramarine, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and titanium white, but this time a little azo yellow was added to help some of the greens. #mountainmonday #landscapepainting #landscapeart #coloradoartist #contemporaryrealism #realism #oilonpanel #wilderness #painting #oilpainting #coloradoriver #colorado #limitedpalette #originalart #newart #mountainart #rockymountains #davincibrushes #mgraham

Another small oil painting on sealed paper, mounted on a board. This one is also 8"x6" (about 20x15 cm) like the last painting. I ended up leaving out the train that was in the reference photo and instead made it look like the tracks aren't there. Part of the reason for that is that I've already made several paintings with the train that I ride coming in to the scene in the same way, since that's the view I often see while looking out the window, and I wanted to avoid being repetitive. Also, it seemed at first that the water might be too attention grabbing and it'd need something to balance out the composition, but as I worked it seemed like the textures in the trees and rocks were already offering enough balance. The palette is just ultramarine, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and titanium white, which is one of my favorite combinations. This time I selected all of these paints from @M.Grahamco and used their fast dry titanium white and walnut alkyd medium. #landscapepainting #landscapeart #coloradoartist #smallpainting #winterart #contemporaryrealism #realism #mountainart #rockymountains #canyon #davincibrushes #mgraham

Getting close to finished on this painting. After the bits of snow on the trees there's still a line of small trees at the top of the canyon wall and a couple of areas at the edges of the scene that need details. #art #painting #landscape #landscapeart #oilpainting #coloradolife #colorfulcolorado #coloradoartist #smallpainting #artdetail #wip #inprogress #inthestudio #winter #contemporaryrealism #realism #artvideo #mountainart #rockymountains #canyon

Paintings

Watercolor on paper, 5″ x 7″

Gouache on watercolor paper, 7″ x 5″

Acrylic on bristol board, 10.25″ x 9″

Finished painting

Watercolor on 140 lb paper, 4.25″ x 6″

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

Oil on linen, 5″ x 7″

Oil on linen, 8″ x 10″

Watercolor on paper, 4.75″ x 6.25″

Watercolor on 140 lb paper, 4.25″ x 6″

Watercolor on paper, 5.75″ x 8.75″

Acrylic on paper, 8.5″ x 6″

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

Oil on canvas, 7″ x 5″

Watercolor on 140lb paper, 3.75″ x 5.75″

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