Red Mountains and Field (Oil Bar Landscape as of December 11)

Red Mountains and Field (Oil Bar Landscape as of December 11)
Originally uploaded by randubnick.

This is a painting in progress that I started last night in my oil bar class. The instructor suggested starting a new painting that uses the same composition as one I painted a few weeks back, "Mountains and Field", but changing the colors and using a bigger canvas. One of my college painting teachers used to say that I should use a color that is out of my comfort zone, because it would give me a problem that I would have to solve. That is certainly true in this case, and I will have to work hard to solve this one! But meanwhile I am having fun figuring out how to mix a lot of colors with oil bars. I was making the sky lighter towards the end of the class, and just as I had decided to add light to other areas, it was time to pack up and go. So I made some quick marks with the brush to indicate where I wanted to put more light next time. Then I took a quick picture of the shiny wet canvas with my phonecam. To be continued at next week's class. . .