Analogous Color Scheme

Using colors not recognized in the landscape gives juice to the painting.

For this painting I used an analogous color scheme: Magenta, Purple, Ultramarine Blue, with complement Yellow Green.

Choose your own color scheme.

Analogous Color = three colors next to each other on the color wheel.

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Cold Day ~ Rainy Sky

"Reflective Passage"

Cool Colors, a passage that needs to be explored, all inspired me to paint this scene.
Plein Air Painting
Watercolor Canvas Board 10"w x 8"h
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Western Sky

"Western Sky"

Red sky at morn, sailor be warned

Red sky at night, sailor delight

Author unknown

Watercolor paper 22"w x15"h

Studio Painting

Cold Day ~ Rainy Sky

On Location with PAAR

The reflection of palms shows a cool cloudy ski. Reflections are suggestive with a romantic feel. I tried to capture that feeling.

Watercolor Wrapped Canvas 12"h x 4"w

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Ski Wrightwood

Ski Wrightwood

This morning on the High Desert the snow capped mountains captured my attention. I painted on wrapped canvas 12"w x 6"h. Wrapped canvas can hang without a mat or frame because the one and a half inch sides are painted like the rest of the landscape and will hang against the wall.

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2011 Time to Paint!

The holidays are over, the rain is over for now, and its time to paint on location.

This Monday morning I will paint a vista in the High Desert. My intent is to capture the cool distant mountains and the warm grayed green shrubs on the desert floor. Oh Yes! the Joshua Trees are tall and command attention. Soon they will be in bloom, large ten inch white blooms.

Today I will paint on oil canvas treated with a layer of absorbent gesso. Interesting!

On the Road Again

"Sentinel Duty"

I drove to Palm Springs on a beautiful warm morning in January to paint at Andreas Canyon. This canyon has many tall palms shading a rushing stream. I sketched four thumb nails (3"x3"size in my sketchbook) then got out my painting gear.

In this 12"h x 9"w watercolor panting the palms and boulders guard the entrance to a rushing stream. The desert colors are intense.

I felt the temperature change around 3:00 pm as the sun started to disappear behind the mountain. I signed my name on the painting, then packed my gear to head for Hemet.

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