RED BUD TREE ON A GREY DAY

This is the same view of the red bud tree on a ridge overlooking the Sierra foot hills... painted on a very overcast day. I held my palette knife up to the view of sky, tree and land to really try to get the colors to approximate what I saw.

Oil on canvas board

11" X 14"

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 RED BUD TREE

I painted this blooming red bud tree on a fully sunlit spring afternoon on a ridge in the Sierra foothills. The orange patch on the distant hill is a field of California poppies. I was trying to match the colors as they appeared to me. 

Oil on canvas board

11" X 14"

 

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FIGURE 44

A small painting done in one session with model, Merav. Sometimes fast is best!

5" X 7"

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BLOCK STUDY

This seems simple, but was tricky.  I chose to make the bright blue table cloth increase in saturation in the distance, which is not usually done. Usually with distance, chroma goes down, but I had to work with that bright red block on top and so it needed to match the intensity. I guess you had to be there. Block studies are great for clarifying painting issues and anyway I like the struggle.

Oil on hardboard panel

5" X 7"

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PORTRAIT OF JUDITH

Since taking Al Tofanelli's portrait class at l'Atelier aux Couleurs in Petaluma, I have been painting some portraits of the models at my Wednesday night group. I hope I got a likeness of beautiful Judith.

11" X 14"

Oil on canvas board

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