Light on the Hay Bales

Oil on panel, 12x9
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With just a little time left before I needed to get back to town , I decided to quickly capture the pasture.  As I started, there were trotters in the landscape, but as with all animals, if you don't get them down quickly, they leave!   I used loose, impressionistic strokes to get all the colors down, and then time was up!  So, this one is quick and fresh, and my 1395th painting  in 1395 days :)

Snow on the Hay Bales

Snow on the Hay Bales
Oil on panel, 14x11

The heavily overcast day set the mood for this painting.  These hay bales are lined up like soldiers  down by the pond - and were begging me to paint them.  I only used three colors for this one - my ultramarine blue, cad red light, and just a touch of my new italian yellow earth......and of course my titanium white.  Another thick and juicy oil painting - I find I am using one large filbert brush for the bulk of the painting, pulling out a small sable flat only at the end.  This is day 14 of the 30 day painting challenge - and I am now thinking about continuing this daily painting past the 30 days.........

Morning Light on the Hay Field

Morning Light on the Hay Field
Oil on panel, 14x11

It is a misty, rainy day out - one of my favorite days for painting in the studio!  I had big plans.....hours of uninterrupted painting, glorious experimenting with my new oils.....and then life started in with it's little tricks.  A husband home sick with the flu, a grandbaby who wanted my undivided attention, and so many interruptions I can not even think straight!  I only have 15 minutes before I must get my youngest to her guitar lesson - so here goes.  Day 9 of the painting challenge - and by some miracle I have finished this painting - I think!  I had started this in plein air and completed it in little spurts of time today.  I hope tomorrow is a better painting day.......