Flushed with success

After the rush to my head of my last BIG painting i thought I had better have another go, especially as I had a similar blank canvas in the cupboard.

On this occasion mum and I had been dabbling with pastel on a subject that has been lurking around my 'got to paint that one day' because it was a lovely photograph, taken on the way back home after a great day on the slopes in a neighbouring ski area.

Here is my rough pastel sketch, which quite picked up the moody misty evening

This is a smallish (10x12") sketch in pastel on Ingres paper, done mainly to prove to my Mum that Ingres paper really is quite a satisfactory substrate for working in pastel:

This is the final oil version, 70x 50cms Oils on canvas
Misty evening Val d'Arly.
It looks more blue in the photo than it really is, I need to photograph it again in a better light.

Tuscan Blue Sky Days

Now the weather has bucked up at last, and it is a good day for cloud studies.

 

The day started bright with fluffy clouds, but as it progressed they became more varied and interesting.

I worked on one large board divided up into four sections, each part underpainted with a difference colour, which reflects in the final effect of each study.

They have now been cut into four individual paintings that work really well together as a set.

Cloud studies I, II, III, IV

Each 20 x 14.5cms

Oil on Canvas Board

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