Saturday, September 24, 2011

California Country

I painted this about two years ago in water color and en plein air (painted on location) in farm country outside of Sacramento, California. Painting en plein air is not my forte, but this one, I think, came out OK. These are animal feed bins.
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8 comments:

  1. Cynthia SchelzigSeptember 25, 2011 at 4:28 AM

    yes,,,I´d say it is "ok".....you make me laugh:) I love the foreground...I mean I see the feedbins first but then when I travelled around the piece ,,,wow, what a foreground....

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  2. Autumn LeavesSeptember 25, 2011 at 4:45 AM

    So beautiful, David! Who would have thought silos could be so beautiful? Oh to have your watercolor ability. I really need to loosen up!

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  3. Carol BlackburnSeptember 25, 2011 at 6:05 AM

    Wonderful job on this, David. I can tell exactly what they are. You captured the aluminum structures beautifully.

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  4. David LobenbergSeptember 25, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    Cynthia, the foreground is my favorite. Glad you appreciate that part. Thanks!

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  5. David LobenbergSeptember 25, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    Autumn, "loose...a simple word that can always be a challenge. I will soon be posting many more loose watercolors that I hope will put me further down the road to looseness and watercoloring virtuosity. We artists must always challenge ourselves.

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  6. David LobenbergSeptember 25, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    Thanks, Carol. Those structures were fun to paint and without getting trapped into too much of that corrugation.

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  7. DanaSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    What?! You ROCK Plein Aire, David!

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  8. David LobenbergSeptember 29, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    Dana. Look familiar? I can almost taste your olives!

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