Yesterday morning's painting, from Haviland Lake:
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| Monsoon Skies Over Hermosa Cliffs - 12x12" pastel on sanded black cardstock © S.Johnson |
This painting was as much about the clouds and skies as the landscape. By the time I finished painting, the clouds had almost completely filled the sky and thunder could be heard to the northeast.
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| Dry Summer - 12x12" pastel on brown cardstock © S.Johnson |
Painting from July 1 afternoon, at Pastorias SWA. Looks much better in person, where the two layers of distal mountains are visible. Much of Florida Mesa has been cultivated and developed to irrigated farmland, but I opted to paint this area of sagebrush and dry grasses to get a break from the green.
Everyone have a great weekend; with luck, I'll come back with a few paintings from Taos!
Lovely - almost I like your new banner image - or it looks new to me.
ReplyDeleteLove the clouds!
ReplyDeleteI really like the ceruleans in the bottom pic!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful as always Sonya. :)) I know I've said it before but I'll say it again, love the way you paint clouds!! Have a fun trip and I'll send you some positive vibes and virtual cupcakes for some good paintings to return with.
ReplyDeleteWonderful work, Sonya!
ReplyDeleteEspecially love the bottom one - and the way you can feel the weight of the clouds.
Hope you have a great trip!
Beautiful colors. Love, as always! Hope you're having a great weekend!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your kind comments - what a treat to come back and read them!
ReplyDeleteI especially like the monsoon pastel. The clouds are lovely as are the colors of the mountains.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ruth - that is one of my personal favorites in terms of both the clouds and rendering of the cliffs, which I've painted on at least 4 different occasions. It is encouraging to see improvements in one's work!
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