So we are back on golf courses and outdoor events , masked or unmasked depending on your vaccine status here in UpState

Still working on this decided to spend a little more time on the foreground 

This is the 16th hole at Saratoga Spa. Course. 

Mini Pastel

Adirondack Mountain mini pastel. What a vista and fun to

Paint. 3”x 5”.

After Inness

Today at 8:05 AM

Tried a little tonal painting today after the American painter George Inness who studied the works of the Hudson River School Painters . Inness's property in Montclair, New Jersey, was the subject of many of his late works. In this winter scene, he captured the stillness of twilight in layers of thinly applied paint, evoking an atmosphere rather than recording topographical details. The artist’s son wrote of the painting: “There is nothing startling in this great work of art, and yet you are filled with a sense of bigness, grandeur, and the very conviction of truth and nature.”

How Many Times Can An Artist Paint The Same Scene?

Just as many times as you want! That’s my answer at least.

This has been done before as it’s my favorite spot

On old cape cod to paint!

This was done on an 9x12 piece of Uart paper

Using various pastels over a coral underpainting.

The Uart was a 400 grit . This seems to be my go to

Paper and grit . I get many layers with this.

Starting with a hard pastel like nupastel and then 

Layering in some unison,mt. Vision and Terry Ludwigs.

I also use nupastel as a blending pastel by layering 

Ever so slightly over a few layers of soft pastel.

All my grass and weed colors come out of that box 

Too. Hope you like this one. 

The peaches are going back on the Easel for 

Another try.I️ found them way too light.

Right now I’m working on my Christmas card for

This year! Stay tuned!