So the rain finally stopped. Excited, I bundled up in damn near every article of clothing that I had brought with me. Slinging my bag of painting gear over my shoulder, I made my way down to the lake shore. I surveyed the scene. The blue sky and late afternoon sunshine were peaking through holes [...]
rocks
You know how you sometimes stop and think to yourself, “I’m going to have to remember this feeling?” I had one of those moments while I was out painting last Sunday. I was down on the Saint Paul bank of the Mississippi River with my mother for another plein air painting outing. The sky was [...]
I love painting rocks. There is something so satisfying when you paint something that looks heavy and solid. This painting was done on panel. I toned the panel with transparent red oxide. I then really started working with other transparent pigments. After that first round, I started the build up of the opaque layers of [...]
