Working on This Weekend- 4/19/2015

Kinishba Ruins, oil on canvas panel, 11x14inches, unfinished.

I started the sky on this painting today. It was an afternoon in the fall when this picture was taken and the sky wasn't really a rich blue, more of a hazy, dirty blue. The pure mix of blue and white was too bright looking, so I ended up adding Yellow Ochre into the mix to get the right color.

Winter Deer Skull, oil on panel, 16x20inches, unfinished.

A little more work on the background here, I added in greys all over the background, trying to tie together all the sections I've been working on separately until now. Overall, it's kind of a mess at this point, but the end is in sight finally.

Little Pen Sketch, 6x8 inches, copic pen on bristol paper.

This is a little pen drawing, just for fun, using some pictures from Yellowstone as reference.

Here's a few photos from this weekend, the weather has been so nice, with lots of rain, and the plants and animals are growing like crazy.

Butterfly on a thistle.

Whitetail deer.

The deer here are ridiculous, this little buck was only a few feet away from me, and basically ignoring me. But it was mostly dark so the picture is a little grainy.

Guara flower, front view.

I knew there were guaras in this spot, but I couldn't find any when I walked by at first. When I went back that way later, after the sun had set, they were everywhere. Since it was too dark for pictures outside I grabbed one stem and took it home for better lighting. These flowers fall apart very quickly, I'm amazed they even manage to get pollinated.

Guara flower, back view.