Faith detail

Here's a detail of the painting. My son is holding onto a rope (one he calls 'burly'), and also in a harness clipped to the rope. It's just roughed in, but you can see the rope loops underneath his arm and the bit of harness he's sitting on. I haven't painted the rope he's suspended from yet.


Here's the overall canvas. I worked on the texture and shapes of the rock formation. Pushing the values.

Faith; the Overhang Swing and Cathedral Spires

Today I worked on Faith. I added the figure of my son, and detail to the Cathedral Spires behind him. There is a wonderful sense of resonance working on this while he is climbing El Capitan again, sleeping on his portaledge.

Faith; the Overhang Swing and Cathedral Spires

Today I mixed greens for the valley conifers and blocked in some of the shapes.
This photo has a streak of afternoon sunlight across it.

Yesterday I painted leaves in the harvest time basket, mostly the ones across the top and a bit of the cabbage.

Faith, continued

Worked on the right hand side - the overhang. I love the strata of rock and the way the colors layer. It's warm neutrals against the blue of the middle cathedral spire. Tomorrow I'll be mixing greens for the valley, mostly conifers.

Faith; the Overhang Swing and Cathedral Spires

This afternoon I worked on the Cathedral Spires part of the El Capitan formation in Yosemite. It's a new 36x36" painting on the theme of faith. I painted and painted and got really tired but the clock said it was only 1:50 so I kept going. I didn't figure out the studio clock had stopped until 5:30. So tired, but got a lot of ground covered. Painting big takes muscles. Who knew?