Variation 1 |
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Phantom Painters of the Opera
Went to the Santa Fe parking lot this morning with 5 other TPAPs (Thursday Plein Air Painters). Not one of us actually painted the opera house (The Crosby Theater). Instead we all opted to paint the mountain view looking east from the parking lot.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Winter Morning Stroll
Mysterious woman on a winter morning stroll in Brompton Cemetery, London.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Yon High Hill
A re-worked watercolor sketch using digital brushes.
When I saw the morning dew on this hill I thought to myself “But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, walks o’re the dew of yon high eastward hill.”
Or maybe that was Horatio in Hamlet, Act I, Scene I.
I sometimes get the two of us confused.
Yon High Hill 30" x 24" |
Detail |
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Great Skellig
A monastery was founded on the barren rock island between the 6th and 8th century. It was continuously occupied until it was abandoned in the late 12th century.
I’ve heard of monastic solitude but, come on!
Digital print 22" x 18" |
Robin, detail. |
Friday, August 23, 2013
Botanical Garden
The Thursday Plein Air Painters met at the recently opened Santa Fe Botanical Garden for a morning of location painting. I'm getting used to the idea that I don't need to leave the painting location with a finished painting. That's probably a bad attitude, traditionally speaking, but I’m breaking lots of other rules too, so there.
A section of Phase One of the brand new Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Painters are setting up under a portal. |
Color sketch of garden rock sculptures, painted on location with acrylic on watercolor pad. |
Later, in the studio, I added a little more detail. |
The final digital version. |
Detail. |
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
G’s Studio
Last week, Bob (from my Tuesday night drawing group) and I visited G (also a regular at the drawing group) at her studio in Santa Fe.
Cookies, sparkling water, and freaky massive drawings exploding onto canvases. Experience some of them at her web site.
I shot a few iPhone photos in the studio, including one of Bob that I later used for a digital painting.
I also grabbed a photo of the mysterious G and used it to create another digital painting.
Cookies, sparkling water, and freaky massive drawings exploding onto canvases. Experience some of them at her web site.
I shot a few iPhone photos in the studio, including one of Bob that I later used for a digital painting.
Detail |
I also grabbed a photo of the mysterious G and used it to create another digital painting.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Plein Air Chimayo
Three plein air artists and I drove to Chimayo, a cool little village about 45 minutes northeast of Santa Fe and set up our easels outside the humble and historic Catholic church, El Santuario de Chimayo (built in 1816).
Using acrylics on watercolor paper, I decided to paint in a low-stress, enjoy-the-morning, primitive style, also referred to as “crappy drawing” by some more accomplished artists. Later in the studio, I finished the painting, photographed it, then digitally resized it to 40x30 inches for digital output on paper or canvas.
Using acrylics on watercolor paper, I decided to paint in a low-stress, enjoy-the-morning, primitive style, also referred to as “crappy drawing” by some more accomplished artists. Later in the studio, I finished the painting, photographed it, then digitally resized it to 40x30 inches for digital output on paper or canvas.
El Santuario de Chimayo Acrylic on watercolor paper Print size: 40 x 30 inches |
Digital paint version 32 x 24 inches |
Poster version 32 x 26 inches |
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Monday, August 12, 2013
Waterfall 2
Another view of one of the waterfalls at the entrance to Bishop’s Lodge, just north of Santa Fe.
Waterfall 2 Acrylic on watercolor paper |
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Painting at Valle Caldera
Six of us from the Thursday Santa Fe Plein Air group drove to Valle Caldera, formerly known to most of us as Baca Ranch or Valle Grande. The caldera is a huge valley created by a volcano that collapsed upon itself millions of years ago, located in the mountains just above Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Road & creek in Valle Caldera Acrylic on watercolor paper |
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