View from Red Bud Isle

View from Red Bud Isle, 8 x 10

SOLD

This was painted all on-site last Saturday morning at our Plein Air Austin paint-out at a beautiful municipal dog park on Red Bud Isle in the middle of upper Ladybird Lake. I've been across the bridge that passes the isle hundreds of times, but had never stopped. Downtown Austin is a little over a mile downstream around this bend. This was painted relatively quickly (for me), as we got a late start due to the line of cars waiting to get in. Including set-up and packing up afterward, it took a little over two hours.

You Guys Are In Trouble.

 

You Guys Are In Trouble, 12 x 16

$300

The still life above is my attempt for the most recent assignment in Laurel's alla prima class. We've been exploring various blocking-in techniques and for this round we followed a method used by Kevin McPherson. We began by using the correct color and value to block in the darkest darks and the lightest lights, followed by reducing the remaining areas to three or four color masses, and using the correct local color and average value of each to complete the block-in. From there we applied the full range of values as necessary to complete the picture. I'm not sure which method I prefer so far, but each of them has been very helpful and made it easier to get rich values and color without getting bogged down or overworking it.