Here is my painting of the Flatirons in winter as it looked on December 27th. I started working on this painting that morning, but for once I had the luxury of time so I returned to this project in the afternoon, and again at night. (I took this picture around 10 pm under artificial light, which is why the colors have a slightly yellow cast.) I worked from my painting reference, a digitally modified version of a photo that I took in Boulder back in 1974. I started by using pasted tissue paper to building the shapes of those huge outcroppings. (I hadn't planned to use pink, but I best remember the Flatirons turning pink at dawn. So when I saw the pink tissue paper, I had to use it.) I also use pasted paper to create the shapes of the sky. Then I used acrylic paint for the mountains. To be continued. . .
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