Mountainside

Mountainside
14 x 18
sold

Mountainside (in progress)

Mountainside (in progress)

Goal: finish this painting by Christmas.

Mountainside (in progress)

Mountainside (in progress)

I'm really glad that I have a live-in critic, and we both came to the conclusion that I needed to start filling in the foliage and the foreground. The flat green space made the whole painting flat and just odd, really. So I started working on fixing that.

Mountainside (in progress)

The rock formations are starting to form! Also, excellent news, I got a heater for my studio today so my fingers won't be freezing all day. It has been pretty chilly up there for the last couple days.

Mountainside (in progress)

Mountainside (in progress)

Mountainside (in progress)

I know it still doesn't look much like a scene you would find while hiking in the Alps, but I started yesterday to put the shadows and colors onto the rocks.

Mountainside (in progress)

I was overwhelmed by all the detail and color in the rocks when I first began this painting. As I was laying in bed one night having trouble falling asleep, I decided to paint the light base color of the rock first and then add color over it, instead of the other way around. I feel a lot more confidence attacking this painting now. Sometimes not being able to fall asleep isn't so bad.

Mountainside (in progress)

This underpainting is the staging for a scene from the mountains of the French Alps, with shades of purple and blue rocks overgrown by green grasses and various flowers. I have had this image in my idea box since I took the picture 4 years ago, so I am looking forward to finally painting it.