Sunday, May 27, 2018

Painting in Skagit

I rode and headed north in the afternoon and started painting in Skagit valley looking toward Glacier Peak at 6PM. When I finished this Sun was still above horizon. I had problem with drowing at the beginning but managed to finish it. It's been two month since I did plein air last time in NoCal. Still can't get the formula mixing greens to get the sense of distance. Today I tried adding viridian but didn't work as I hoped.

Saturday, May 19, 2018

First Round of Covering

I covered most of the canvas with at least one layer of paint. Originally I thought I would leave out the breaking waves because it's the lightest part of this painting as O'Hagan's instruction from the last workshop.
After the second thought, I changed mind and  filled up with rough brush strokes. Made them less lighter than the final colors. 

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Slowly defining shapes

Not much progress but still slowly defining shapes around the peninsulas and rocks.
Consistency of paint mixtures is still problem and I'm making them too thin with Gamsol. Also probably concerning too much details, which I shouldn't have put in this painting. I need to reconsider those shapes.