Slow week

I had a bad cold all week, so I didn't get much painting done. This one from this morning off of Cherry Vale is it. Hope to do more this coming week.

Weds night was a good night for figure painting.

 Today I went to Mapleton in Boulder. There are many big beautiful houses to paint there.

 Yesterday I went over to Walker Ranch and took a short hike, where I painted this. This is one of the first places I ever plein air painted. It is fun to look back at that painting and see how much i have improved. See next.

Back in full swing with my right arm

It was 40 up here today and in the 20s down in town, so I stayed up here to paint. This is from accross the road below our house.

In the afternoon I hiked down the trail at Walker Ranch and got this view through Eldorado Canyon. You could really see the cold air trapped down low.

 

 Yesterday I copied a Robert Liberace trying to prepare to dive back into color for my figures and portraits.

This is my figure from last week. I am trying to come up with more interesting poses.

Chautauqua and figure

This morning I went to Chautauqua Park. It was cloudy cold and a little foggy.

 Yesterday I attempted a instructional video. The video was a bomb but this 20 min cup turned out all right.

 Weds. I talked to our model about doing a more dynamic pose holding it for a shorter period of time, taking more frequent breaks. She was up for it and came up with this pose. She held it for ten min. at a time. What great fun!

Feb. 16 2014

Another figure from Weds night.

 I went to New Mexico to visit My Aunt this weekend. This is her house.

 On the way down I stopped to paint. It was a sunny clear blue sky and within an hour was overcast. This always trips me up.

Eben G Fine Park

This is a painting from last Weds. I am making progress with my right arm, but painting is still kind of tough. I have been keeping it easy by not using much color on the skin tones. Soon I will gain enough confidence to venture back into more daring colors.

 You may recognize this from last week. I took my plein air study along with some photos into my studio and repainted it. What do you think?

Feb 2, 2014

This is from a Go Pro video I made last summer. I thought it might be fun as a painting.

My good friend Neal.

From this morning. The plan was to paint left handed, but I couldn't get the brush out of my right hand. It's still a little soon. It hurt a little too much. Next time I'll where the sling to force the issue. Still it was fun to paint outside some.