Landscapes from last week

This one was a tough one. It had so many vanishing points and lines. I spent the first hour drawing it out, and wiping it down, and drawing it out. I finally got around to painting it, but the painting after 3 hours was still a flop because the drawing wasn't quite right. After I came home I scraped the whole thing again except for the sky, and redrew it all over again this time using the photograph. The colours weren't a problem at all, just have to be aware of with what's in the shade and what's in the light. I am not quite sure yet how to make an architecture painting that's loose and still with accurate drawing, I hope that will come with time.

Alley way by the park - oil on panel - 9" x 12"

What I scraped:

This one I didn't have much problem with the drawing, it's much more straight forward than the one above.  The alley way was back lit and I wanted to capture that, but the sun went away half way through the painting. I was able to add the cast shadows and the strong highlights and sun glints when I got home from the photo I took. That's why I almost always take a photo before I started painting.

Garbage day - oil on panel - 9" x 12"

The ginat building on the left belongs to Viterra, apparently it's a grain handling business, I had to look to it. I assume they are grain silos? I don't usually paint something far away without a foreground, but I wanted to see if I could capture the morning hazy and light. I had to be very careful with the value level in the shadows as they recede in distance.

Hazy morning hill - oil on panel - 9" x 12"

Done is the same day as the above painting. These maple saplings are planted in the corner of the park, with the purpose of turning it into a forest in the future. I didn't plan on spending the whole day here painting, and when I got home after a whole day of painting I was completely spent.

Maple saplings - oil on panel - 9" x 12"

This view faces north, so I was waiting for a cloudy day to paint it without the annoying sun behind my back. The rain had just stopped and the low hanging clouds were very appealing, so I gave the painting a low horizon.

Farming the field - oil on panel - 9" x 12"

Drizzle turned into down pour, the painting and my palette (and me of course) were covered in water. It was pretty neat to see how the oil paint was able to still mix with each other in big water drops, though the water drops made it hard to judge colours.

Pine with orange bark - oil on panel - 8" x 6"

Looking like a hobo. I put my backpack in a garbage bag so it doesn't get wet.

It's not often you get to see driftwood near/in a pond. The beach was just to my right, the whole area was littered with driftwood, giving me lots of arrangement on top of the purdy clouds. The clouds were moving pretty fast so there was quite a lot of effect chasing.

Shallow pond with drift wood - oil on panel - 9" x 12"

I ran out of yellow and my next shipment won't come in until late this week, so I used yellow ochre instead. Obviously with a darker dirtier yellow I wouldn't be able to hit the bright green notes, but I hoped that they would still read as green. I guess in a painting with more saturated deeper blue and reds, the orche would read more yellow, but here it's not very much.

- oil on panel - 9" x 12"