first draft of car show painting pta5

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I used some reference photos to finish this painting. I’m not an expert on cars and in the end I realized I had changed the model of the main car. The trim and the brake lights are different from my location photo. Darn.Continue Reading

Lake Balboa

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The bones of this painting I did en plein air at Lake Balboa in Encino, California. I painted with a new plein air group and we had some ‘incidents’ from the pigeons in the trees. I always carry heavy duty towels and pink brush cleaner for times like those. IContinue Reading

Olive park building

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I finished the painting of a building at Olive Park in Burbank. I do not know the official name of it. I originally started this en plein air and completed it using my cloisonnist style with some impressionism in the background.Continue Reading

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The Montrose Car Show today happened to be on the hottest day this month so far (100°F) so I was lucky to find a somewhat shady spot by the road to paint. I used my spray bottle often to keep the acrylic paint from drying. Two hours and the resultContinue Reading