Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.720

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting the Grand Canyon. The photo that I'm using (mine) is seen directly below. I'll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 6x6 inch 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'm in the process of figuring which colors work best with the various elements. I'm going with a darker brown color for the buttes, some of which is seen in the photo. The more distant rocks will have a lighter version of the same brown. Ochre highlights will be set off nicely.

The current state of the painting is seen in the photo 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.719

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting the Grand Canyon. The photo that I'm using (mine) is seen directly below. I'll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 6x6 inch 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've now added preliminary paint to those white spaces. The sky appears in blue, buttes in brown and just a hint of green. I like to lay out things this way to see if the if things look right. Naturally I'll adjust things as I go along. Sometimes those adjustments are vast changes. Hopefully that isn't the case here.

The current state of the painting is seen in the photo 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.718

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be starting a new painting. I will be painting the Grand Canyon. The photo that I'm using (mine) is seen directly below. I'll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 7x6 inch canvas.

I started with a pencil grid on both a print of the photo and the canvas. In this way I was able to transfer the elements to the canvas in an accurate pencil sketch. I've gone over those lines in some blue paint. Things are off to a good start.

The current state of the painting is seen in the photo 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.717

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the Pocomoke City, Maryland painting. The photo that I'm using is seen directly below. I'll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 6x6 inch 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.

There are many revisions including the street, lawn and shrubbery. Note the shadows in the shrubs and line on the street. I've changed the color of the sidewalk and driveway and added to the sky. The painting is now finished.

The current and final state of the painting is seen directly below.

I'll have a new painting to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.716

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the Pocomoke City, Maryland painting. The photo that I'm using is seen directly below. I'll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 6x6 inch canvas.

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

Since that timme I have continued to work on the painting.

Lots of changes have occurred for this week's cycle. Note the color change of the shadowed areas. The windows have been revised and details in the tops of the gables. The chimneys now appear in a brick color.

The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.

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

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.