Cloudy Day in the Rockies
6x8in oil on canvas board 100.
I painted this from a photo I took a couple of years ago.
I had some of my little travel watercolors to remind me of the colors in the sky.
On long trips, painting passes the time because my hubby likes to do the driving.
Artist Note.
Here are a couple of the sketches from my little book.
They help me recall the colors of the sun hitting the clouds and in the shadows.
Below is the photo reference. Because the light in the sky was so bright
the camera made the shadows very dark. An artist has to look
out for that and make them lighter than the photo. I cannot stress that enough.
If there is a bright sky then it illuminates
everything (to a certain degree.)
The shadows are still there, but you can
see into them.
