14"x10" watercolor
Showing posts with label Yellowstone National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yellowstone National Park. Show all posts
Friday, February 1, 2013
Hayden Valley Buffalo
This mornings painting. A scene of some buffalo crossing a creek in Yellowstone National Park's Hayden Valley area. Yellowstone is truly a national treasure. I love that place.
14"x10" watercolor
14"x10" watercolor
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Falls of the Yellowstone Reference
It was getting late in the day and I wanted to get some better, closer, photos of the falls; so I ran down Uncle Tom's Trail (and about 300 metal steps) to the base of the falls.
I can't begin to describe how awesome it is to stand there and see, smell, hear, and feel this majestic site. It was almost hypnotic to stand there and watch the water pour over the ledge and I was particularly drawn to that turquoise wedge of water on the left hand side...so artfully perfect.
Here's an interesting link to info on the trail: http://www.yellowstonepark.com/2011/06/hike-yellowstone-national-parks-uncle-toms-trail/
So, here is the reference I'm using for the painting below.
The next image here is to show just how huge it is...notice the people standing at the observation platform that you can hardly see in the above image.
I can't begin to describe how awesome it is to stand there and see, smell, hear, and feel this majestic site. It was almost hypnotic to stand there and watch the water pour over the ledge and I was particularly drawn to that turquoise wedge of water on the left hand side...so artfully perfect.
Here's an interesting link to info on the trail: http://www.yellowstonepark.com/2011/06/hike-yellowstone-national-parks-uncle-toms-trail/
So, here is the reference I'm using for the painting below.
The next image here is to show just how huge it is...notice the people standing at the observation platform that you can hardly see in the above image.
Lower Falls of the Yellowstone WIP
Work in Progress (WIP) on The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River.
10"x14" on Arches 140lb. cold press
This is kind of further along than other wips that I have posted before, but once I started I didn't stop until this point. I worked wet in wet and dry in wet starting with the very furthest back trees, then worked forward and down the right hand side, then did the cliff face on the left.
It still has work to do, so tune back in later.
10"x14" on Arches 140lb. cold press
This is kind of further along than other wips that I have posted before, but once I started I didn't stop until this point. I worked wet in wet and dry in wet starting with the very furthest back trees, then worked forward and down the right hand side, then did the cliff face on the left.
It still has work to do, so tune back in later.
Monday, January 28, 2013
First work of my new blog
I'm trying to loosen up my painting. Worked this almost entirely wet in wet. Paper is Arches 140lb. cold press quarter sheet (11"x15"
Colors used:
W&N French Ultramarine
W&N Cobalt Blue
W&N Winsor Red
W&N Permanent Alizarin Crimson
W&N New Gamboge
W&N Winsor Lemon
W&N Burnt Sienna
Started with a quick sketch from a photo I had taken in Yellowstone National Park last year.
All artwork and images are copyright of Todd Derr.
Please don't steal my work, just ask.
Colors used:
W&N French Ultramarine
W&N Cobalt Blue
W&N Winsor Red
W&N Permanent Alizarin Crimson
W&N New Gamboge
W&N Winsor Lemon
W&N Burnt Sienna
Started with a quick sketch from a photo I had taken in Yellowstone National Park last year.
All artwork and images are copyright of Todd Derr.
Please don't steal my work, just ask.
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