22 May 2012

Seeing the Forest

I went out last Saturday to Danville to take photos and sketch some trees for a client. I take lousy photos to begin with, but the light was all wrong at three in the afternoon when I arrived. The sun was directly behind the stand of redwoods. My photos read like a Sequoia Silhouette Seminar.

Still and all, I gave it my best shot. I set up my easel and boxes of pastels (my plein air medium of choice) and got to work. While it may not be the final view that I paint, I am pleased with how the day's sketch turned out.


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