Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.433

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Grand Canyon. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a 12x12 gallery-wrapped canvas.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo seen directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

A look at this week's changes my cause one to think that I haven't spent much time with the canvas. In fact, there have been 7 different versions of the buttes to the rear since last time. I just couldn't get the colors right. Finally, version number 7 came out right. The body color looks like a paler version of that seen in the main buttes. The blue shadows also seem about right. In the process of revision, there is another happy result. The balance of light to shadow is now more to my liking. As to other changes, the foreground butte to the extreme right has received a paint lighter in color and with a visual texture.

The current state of the painting is seen directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.432

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Grand Canyon. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a 12x12 gallery-wrapped canvas.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo seen directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

For this week's installment, I've concentrated my efforts on the buttes to the far rear. I've now painted the lit areas in a yellow/orange shade. The shadows have been painted in a paler blue better in keeping with the distance. I've also repainted the blue of the far distance behind. I will likely tone down the the yellow/orange. It just seems a bit too bright. Hopefully this successfully simulates aerial perspective.

The current state of the painting is seen directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.431

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Grand Canyon. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a 12x12 gallery-wrapped canvas.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo seen directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

I have added additional paint layers to the central butte. It now appears in a more natural shade. I may have to adjust the shadows a bit before this is done. Those shadows now carry around the the the foreground. To the far rear, the first layer of the shadows have been painted in blue. Progress but there is still much to do.

The current state of the painting is seen directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.430

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Grand Canyon. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a 12x12 gallery-wrapped canvas.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo seen directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

I have continued to work on the central butte. It now appears in a pinkish color with dark shadows. I will be adding further thin watery layers of paint to gradually change the color. This technique has worked well in other applications. In doing this, the pink will remain a part of the final result. But you'll see that as we go along. Further additions include paint added to the closest butte to the extreme right and blue in the far distance. Remaining unloved with no paint at all is the butte in the middle distance. That should change for next time.

The current state of the painting is seen directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.429

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Grand Canyon. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a 12x12 gallery-wrapped canvas.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo seen directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

I have tried to follow the pattern of pencil shapes and start to reveal the lit and shadowed areas. That took some time but was well worth the effort. I now have a road map of the scene. Blue/purple appears in areas of shadow, red appears in those of light. Toward the front a purplish red is shadow. To the right is the dark shape of the very close rock.

The current state of the painting is seen directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.