Sunday, September 25, 2011

Dry Creek "Pony" Trail

Back to pastels with this 12x18 scene from a hike a few weeks ago.  Right past the tree is a creek bed that is used to release water to areas down stream.  It is dry a good part of the time and easy to cross over to the mountain side of the park.  I like this trail a lot because it has dry brush and cactus.  
I started this painting on a sanded surface called Uart.  The surface can take washes of turpentine,alcohol and water.  This allows for under paintings in wet pastel, oil, ink or watercolor.  I really like the texture each of those mediums bring to my work.

Offered through Chemers Gallery

2 comments:

Virginia Floyd said...

Lovely range of colors in this Stephanie. Each color has many different shades, which adds great depth. I love the blue hills, and then the dark blues and purples in front of them. Very nice!

Sadeu said...

your paintings as beautiful