Inn at Proposal Rock

We stayed at the Inn at Proposal Rock on November 9th, 2014. We woke up to a surprisingly clear morning. The view was fantastic and deserved a sketch. I drew the scene form the balcony before the sun burned off the fog.

 This seagull landed on the next door deck railing. He was watching me paint, eyeballing my paintbrush.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonney Meadows in October

Bonney Meadows

Lone Tree

Recent Sketches

I have been doing some sketches lately. The sketches are of cranberry fields near Longbeach, Washington. These sketches were done from photos on my iPhone.

We spent a few days camping at Fort Stevens on the coast. Cool and overcast most of the time. I took my easel to Coffinbury Lake and did this little sketch.

We spent a few nights at little Cooper Spur Resort. I walked up to the ski resort and did this little painting of the ski runs. It was very quiet, almost spooky. No one else was around.

I am presenting these pieces as challenge to myself. A painting a day.

Watercolor sketches

I painted this from a photo, concentrating on large color patches and value. I tried to keep it loose with a limited palette. It ended up being really fun.

Limited palette

These watercolor sketches were from photos. I wanted to limit the palette and concentrate on value. The two groupings began with a palette consisting of Alizarin Crimson, Payne's Grey, Cadmium Yellow and the second group consisted of Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow and Cobalt Blue. I could not help but to use a few other colors as well. The lesson and success of focusing on the limited palette is creating the greens and depth of the forest without focusing on the local color.