After my morning coffee I stepped across the street to paint the salt mash. I like how shadows from the trees off to the right cut across the landscape early in the morning.
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Larkspur Morning
Tag: grass
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Harry Allen Trail
Freezing and windy, that about sums up this mornings painting session. It’s was as if an invisible hand flipped a switch on the weather. The morning started out pleasant and then the temperature dropped and what was a light breeze turned into a roaring gale.
Twice my painting nearly flew off the easel. At one point my pallet caught the wind just right and flipped over upon itself, splattering the oil jar across my working space. What was my reserve jar of medium was then carried away by another tempest and emptied itself into the hillside. I painted till my hands turned blue then called it quits and ran for coffee.
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Behind Kent Middle School
Lunch painting. Looking north behind the track by Kent Middle School next to Corte Madera Creek
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Larkspur Salt Marsh
This mornings painting of the salt marsh across the street. About 2hrs.
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Mt. Tam from Larkspur
My internet was down so I stepped across the street to paint while I waited for it to return. I set up next to the College of Marin soccer field in the heat of a bright mid day sun. The after school soccer program was in full force to my right. It was funny to hear the difference between the 7rd grade girls soccer practice and the boys. One was was nothing but cheers of positive encouragement and the other team swore like sailors.
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Smokey Kentfield Sunset
I’m back in Larkspur so instead of smokey vineyards now I get to paint smokey salt marshes. Here’s the view looking north towards Kentfield, from the parking lot across the street from my apartment. It’s nice to be painting in Marin again.
This was a quick one. I only had about an hour. As soon as the sun set I got swarmed by mosquitoes and had to bail. I guess that’s what you get when you set up next to a marsh.
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Behind Uncle Jim’s
This morning I drove out to the creek behind my uncle Jim’s house and painted the view looking west. It’s still very smokey in the valley which adds a lot of depth to the landscape but it was painfully hot so I didn’t have much fun today. We are in the middle of a heat wave and I being a fool, forgot both my hat and water. By ten thirty I had had enough. 1.5hr
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Driveway Cactus
Standing by the compost pile wasn’t awesome but the light on the cactus this afternoon was so… here’s another color study. On a technical note, I’m trying a new underpainting wash that’s more ocher and a new panel seal from Michael Harding that’s less absorbent. I think the ocher base is working better with all this dry grass. 1.5hr
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Over by Uncle Fred’s
Couldn’t paint the last few days because it was deadly hot. I’m not happy with this sketch but I am happy that it has cooled down enough to be back in front of a panel. 1.5hr
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Sunday Morning Driveway
Lovely day. Thought I would paint the view for the driveway while the boys had a lazy video game morning. Looking south across Alexander Valley. 2hr color study
