Emmett Valley Study #1
Published on March 6, 2008
8″ x 13″
Oil on panel
Archive for March, 2008
Hazy Sun
Published on March 5, 2008
8″ x 13″
Oil on masonite panel
This is a painting study from memory. I was driving home yesterday evening and saw the most interesting sky. There were some low hanging dark clouds and the sun was dropping almost to the edge. The contrast between the clouds and the sun created a bar of light. It is hard to describe and even paint but this is my attempt. Nature still proves to be more awe inspiring!
(I invented the field. I wanted something more peaceful then the junky stores and traffic of Army Post rd.)
Drawing a Day
Published on March 4, 2008
To help keep in practice. I am going to start doing a drawing or a painting study a day for 1 month. So every day I will post a new drawing. I was even thinking about auctioning them off for very affordable prices. If anyone is interested in a drawing that comes up in the next month send an e-mail to gabelueders@gmail.com.
This drawing was done on Sunday down at my father’s farm. It was warm and I sat outside on a rock looking west. I liked the way the branches hooked up at the ends. I was trying not to feel obligated to fill the entire page rather I wanted to focus on one thing that interested me. In this case it was the tree.
Later on in the day I went to work on the sweat lodge and got my Dad’s old beater farm truck stuck in the field. The ground was softer than I thought, even for 4-wheel drive.