Ponderosa and Junipers

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Sarah Sullivan

It seems a bit strange to abstract a landscape while out painting plein air, but somehow that is what happened to this painting yesterday. As I worked to show the shapes of the foliage against the many layers of the canyons in the background, I ended up simplifying the shapes, values and colors.

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2 Responses to Ponderosa and Junipers

  1. AAN GEE says:
    July 6, 2020 at 1:53 pm

    Really gorgeous! Those blues!!!

    On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 11:05 AM, Deliberate Sketching wrote:

    > Sarah Sullivan posted: ” It seems a bit strange to abstract a landscape > while out painting plein air, but somehow that is what happened to this > painting yesterday. As I worked to show the shapes of the foliage against > the many layers of the canyons in the background, I ended” >

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