New work to share! Here’s what’s on my easel, about to be signed. Sons Sam & Will, with their families, and Pat & I visited the Virginia side of Great Falls on the Potomac River last Christmas. I finally got around to making a studio painting of the magnificent scene!
I’m not great at landscapes, but I think I made real progress on this one!
Here’s yesterday’s painting, along with its reference. I feel like I’m on a marathon and am ALREADY huffing and puffing!!
Potomac River at Shepherdstown WV – #4. Oil on Paper. 8″x10″.
Potomac River at Shepherdstown WV .
Here’s my third of the 100 painting project — still on the Shepherdstown WV subject matter. This one was simple compared to those other two!
The painting & the reference.
Shepherdstown boaters, resting. Oil on Paper. 8″x10″. 2018.
Photo of Shepherdstown boaters.
I hadn’t gotten done with being proud of Sunday’s 1-of-100 painting when – – – – it was time to do another one! This is gonna be tough! Since I’ll have lots of surfaces to kill during this project, I figure I’ll keep going with more of my Shepherdstown references til I have a little collection of similars.
Here’s #2, along with its reference. Hmmm, the minute I put the brush down I start counting the snafus.
Shepherdstown Kayak. Oil on Paper. 8×10. 2018.
Potomac River at Shepherdstown Bridge
At our recent workshop, Marc Hanson suggested we do a quick painting a day for 100 days and we would see a big improvement in our skills. Number small panels 1 to 100 and put each away as it’s finished, When you’re done with all of them, line ’em up in order and you’ll be surprised at what you’ve learned and how much better you’ve become. And start the next 100.
I’ve started the process. ‘Quasi-daily’ painting also ought to produce good change, right??
Here’s #1 — based on a reference photo I took on a hot summer day by the Potomac River bridge (new + old fragments) at Shepherdstown, WV. In the noonday sun, folks were swimming and kayaking on the still water and walking their dogs in the rocky shallows. My hubby and I were enjoying the cool shadowed woods along the bank. Heaven. The painting is too busy — should have simplified more, but it does ‘bring me back’!
Study #1, Potomac at Shepherdstown. Oil on Paper. 8×10. 2018.
The reference.