Monday, July 25, 2011

Let's paint something small...like the GRAND CANYON!


This is actually a small painting...17.5" x 14.5" of the most amazing thing on Earth, The Grand Canyon. This is my first attempt at using Cody DeLong's palette and some of the techniques I learned when I had the chance to work with him at his fabulous Jerome, AZ studio and Gallery.

There is still a lot of work to do: Finish the tree, glaze the background, and do the grasses in the foreground. I'm going to experiment using one of Cody's methods combined with mine to try something different with glazing. I hope it works. Let me know your thoughts.

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