9.20.2008
My next painting will be of Ink's Lake State Park (TX). I just finished building the stretcher for the canvas. Here's a quick sketch of the layout. Stay tuned to see my progress.
9.21.2008
I started by sketching out where the rocks will go and I also started filling in the blue of the sky.
9.22.2008
I added some white to the sky today.
9.25.2008
Enter cacti...
9.29.2008
I added more greens, reds, and browns to the cacti today.
10.01.2008
I added more of the ground colors today.
10.05.2008
I filled in more dirt color and also started working on the rocks. Lots more to come- hopefully tomorrow...it's my b.day!
10.06.2008 (29 begins!)
I'm excited because I worked on the shadows in the cacti... they are a purpley brown color... and that one piece looks like it is dimensional all of a sudden! Oh and it's my birthday! Yay!
10.08.2008
More work on the cacti today...
10.13.2008
(Happy b.day
Papa! You would've been 98 today.)
I added more contrast in the foreground by adding some dark purpley reddish browns and I also added some orange to the rocks in the background. I also began including grass as you can see it on the left side. I am liking this one a lot so far! The grass reminds me of broken glass. I also like how the cacti are beginning to act like windows that you peer in and out of.
10.16.2008
I worked on the cactus piece at the top today...
10.21.2008
I worked on the land on the right side today. I also added some more dark brown to the rocks in the background to increase the contrast.
10.22.2008 > I forgot to take a photo.
10.23.2008
I worked on the cacti in the foreground today. I added some shadows and changed some of their colors.
10.27.2008
I started adding the green plants in the front and also I added some red outlines to the cacti to make the green pop.
10.28.2008
I added a lot more grass in the foreground and changed the color of the green plants in the foreground to a more muted light blue green color. I also added some grass to the left side in the back as well.
10.29.2008
I added little round plant dealy's at the bottom today. I also added more green grass to the left side. I'm trying to finish before Nov. 1st... not sure if I'm gonna make it!
10.30.2008
I added more little green leaves in the foreground and I also made the pink cacti bloom thing on the top a bit smaller at the base.
11.02.2008
I worked on the right side and added some orange and light brown to the dirt and rocks.
11.04.2008
I worked on the left background today. I added more contrast and I think that it really helped make the cacti in the foreground look closer to the viewer.
A few more details to go and hopefully I will be finished tomorrow!
