Alberta Falls

 Today Sharon and I made the one mile hike into Alberta Falls in Rocky Mountain National Park and painted. I painted it twice. The first one I felt was a little rushed, so I tried again. This is the second attempt. What a beautiful spot to spend the morning. 

 This is the first painting this morning. It's really not too bad, but I am happier with the one above. There were a lot of people around, but I barely noticed them over the roar of the water.

 Sharon took a picture of me from her vantage point. I had to be careful when backing up to examine my work. There was about a six foot drop off the rock I was standing on.

 I did this painting Tues. after work. It is from the bottom of our canyon on a road called "Plain View" looking north,

 Here is a photo of  where I was set up.

 Weds. night our model wore a Sarry (sp?) an Indian (India) traditional dress. It was a nice change from the nude models.

More Rocky Mountain National Park

Sharon and I went back to Rocky Mountain National Park. I painted this in Moraine park just outside of the camping area that our family spent a week in, back in 1972. Coming here always takes me back to that time.

Weds. our model wore a costume which I had a great time painting.

This painting I did just down the road from our house on Monday afternoon. The lilacs were in bloom and I felt like I had to get them in a painting.

I did this on my I pad Fri night. I was just playing, but it turned out kind of neat. Come to think of it I am always just playing.

Painting along Trail Ridge Rd at 12,000 ft.

 Today Sharon and I took a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park.We decided to paint up near about as high as you can go at about 12,000 ft. It was a little cool and windy, but for where we were it was beautiful. This painting is 11x14 and the second of the day. I did an 8x10 warm up painting first seen below this one. They both turned out equally as well. There were lots of people out many of which were very interested in our painting, so we got to talk with some very nice folks.

Monday evening I went up to NCAR  and found soom very interesting light on the flat irons for this 8x10.

 Thur. late afternoon I found some more very cool light  off of Cherry Vale rd. The sun was in and out in and out. and made the spring leaves really glow at times. There I came up with this 8x10

After a two week break, we are back on the Weds. night figure painting. This painting is 16x20