Sunset No.23

2/29/12
A fully loaded pallet with the most colors yet for a sunset. A very nice and clear day, always hard to decide which moment will be the right moment to start the painting. I thought the silver or golden lining was cool so I started before it disappeared, problem is too much time spent in one are and then boom! everything changes and you still haven't painted any other areas of the canvas, leaving you to remember what it looked like, and that is hard to do....bottom line you have to be super fast and super accurate, a super painter. 

Sunset No.22

2/27/12
Very overcast and slightly rainy, I set up my easel and attached an umbrella. The dreary light seemed to bring out colors I had not seen before like the burnt color along the shoreline. Kind of hard to notice in the photo but I let the sky remain as the primed panel without any paint. With overcast days I get to focus allot more on the details of the landscape like the scraggly trees on either side of the two main trees. On non overcast days I have to paint allot faster because the light changes so fast effecting the whole scene. Added a new color to my pallet "Prussian Blue"

Sunset No.21

2/24/12
It was another lack luster sunset kinda day..quiet overcast, rainy , & windy. Great day for a cup of tea! 

Sunset No.20

2/22/12
It was raining and very cloudy and grey with no sign of the sun. I tried to capture the overall grey color of the scene before it became to dark to see my canvas (I had forgotten to pack my portable light). I painted the sky first because it was the most interesting thing to me, and I subdued the houses behind the two trees into a dark grey mass. I thought it was cool how the sky lightened slightly at the bottom where it meets with the landscape. *Note to self* Remember to bring mosquito repellent!

Sunset No.19

2/20/12
Trying to capture the illusive effect of the burning sun's optical effects upon its surrounding clouds is tough.  I once again left the painting mostly unfinished partly due to the fact that I am trying to concentrate more accurately on certain colors and effects so the rest of the painting doesn't really matter to me.  Plus I kind of enjoy this look.

Sunset No.18

2/17/12
Another overcast day, not much of a sunset. The only sign of color was a small light orange bit of light that kept re-emerging from between the clouds. I focused more this time on the landscape adding the four scraggly leafless trees that I have left out thus far. Also some ducks streaked across the water so I painted them in to add some depth in the water/foreground

Sunset No.17

2/15/12
Another very cloudy overcast day, but there was a nice opening  to the left that added an interesting addition of color. This one was painted with the new additions of Manganese Violet and Aerolin yellow. Also I was finally able to capture a few ripples in the water that were kinda cool. Maybe soon I will be fast enough to start to add some of the old leafless trees on the bank of the pond.