I recently ran across a watercolor I painted about a year ago that I hadn't quite finished. One thing that sometimes happens with plein air painting is that I can't finish my painting completely. So, in August 2013 the Saturday paint-out group went to Elysian Park. It's a central Los Angeles park where Dodger Stadium is located. We weren't near there at all, but were on a hillside on the east side which has some great LA views. The morning we painted, there was a nice haze blurring the mountains. I liked all the industrial buildings and city yards as I looked across the LA River over the Gold Line rail yard. The pretty North Broadway bridge is in the vista a little to the south but I didn't find any shade to paint that view. When I recently ran across this piece I saw I hadn't added the yellow/orange trucks yet. Finally finished! I just returned from a workshop with the wonderful David Taylor (which I'll post about next) and wonder how I would paint this now after my two workshops this summer. It does take awhile for new information to make it to the paper...
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| 8 x 10" watercolor |
Love how you captured the haze. This paintings is full of all kinds of interesting tidbits. I really love going back to a painting I've put down.
ReplyDeleteThanks Terry! I always feel guilty about those unfinished ones.
DeleteWorth finishing, Sherry! Yes, nice haze. :O)
ReplyDeleteThanks Joani! Not sure why I put this off so long.
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