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.

8 comments:

Cynthia Schelzig said...

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....

Autumn Leaves said...

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

Carol Blackburn said...

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

David Lobenberg said...

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

David Lobenberg said...

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.

David Lobenberg said...

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

Dana said...

What?! You ROCK Plein Aire, David!

David Lobenberg said...

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