#2 Pochade LittleHouse

Little white house nestled in the trees.

pochade 1: SkyMountain With Clouds

Please note: SQUINT YOUR EYES AND MAKE THIS BLURRY

The View out my front deck. Okay so here it is: I haven't done a painting a day thus far. But from the next month I will be doing a painting a day. Mostly done within one hour. Mostly done Plein Air in miniature: a sketch; an impression if you will. I believe these are called Pochade.

So here it is: my 1st Pochade! I think I like it!

...and in general, for the Pochades, squint your eyes and make it blurry...it gives you the general idea / impression.

Betty Davis Park Trees

Started to differentiate the ground planes...next time I'll push it more I think.

Betty Davis Park

Here it is in progress. Always hopeful in the beginning. We'll see how this one turns out....

L.A. River #2 Try

Here is another Try at the L.A. River. I like this one better both in the Drawing vantage point as well as the colors. This one was done later in the day when the Hill on the left hand side was encased in Shadow by the clouds.

Also, I've started using Alizeran Crimson quite sparingly as I noticed my paintings were starting to look bloody. Using now more of the Warm blues, yellows and reds. I think it's working better.

L.A. River #3 Try

What can I say except that I am obsessed.

I like the shape of the nearby hilll. The painting would work better if the Sky were more interesting since I really is the majority of the painting.

Not sure if the nearby tree is discracting in this one.

L.A. River

Ugh! I liked this at the site but as soon as I took it back to the studio I saw it for all it's Easter Egg Glory!

I'm going to give it another stab. It's a super small painting. And I think it makes me realize how important it is to really hone down the colors to a few essentials....

then the parts that do have color will really pop.