Friday, January 24, 2025

Point Reyes Layers

This was also inspired by the same set of plein air sketches I spoke about in my most recent post. Below are the sketches completed on site.
I recently purchased a set of oil pastels made by Caran D'ache. I think the next paintings will be with this medium. I will keep you posted.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Night Flight

I always go back to revisit old plein air paintings for additional inspiration. We made a visit to the Point Reyes National Seashore a couple of years back. I remember this visit because I sketched in the car to avoid snakes. Long story short, I encountered two snakes in one day at this location a few years back and it still haunted me. I sectioned off a number of squares on a page of mixed media Canson paper and completed about 5 little plein air sketches. I pulled that page out recently and did some pastels. I will try and post the sketches later. Of course I took liberties with the time of day or night.