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Little Landers Park near to my home happens to house the Bolton Hall Museum, a stone building built by the pioneers to the area of Tujunga, California. This makes it a convenient subject to paint. Last weekend I spent a few hours painting and then checked out the museum. EarlierContinue Reading

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The painting below is of a park in Glendale, California that has many small bridges built across a dry riverbed from the mountains. This park is a favorite for professional photographers. I imagine with all the rain we had lately, those rivers may be full! I painted this in NovemberContinue Reading

brand library and painting of it by Oscar Will

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Here is a painting I did with my painting group at the Brand Library and park in Glendale, California. The light was bright and the shadows off the library were different shades depending on reflected light. I loved that the Hong Kong orchid tree was in bloom with its giantContinue Reading

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This is the final mutation of my painting of the lake at Ernest E Debs regional park in Los Angeles. The first layer of the painting was in an impressionist style, with realistic colors but not a lot of detail. Next the black outline was more defined and colors wereContinue Reading

Painting of travel town trains by Oscar Will

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Today my painting group chose to paint at the Travel Town train museum and park in Griffith Park, California. This location has many decommissioned trains that are on display outside in a park. There are passenger cars to have parties in and many of the trains can be climbed into.Continue Reading