Giant Clouds Dwarfing the Landscape

The scale of the clouds attracted me at first. Then it was the depth. There are dark grays in front of lighter grays; whites abutting grays; hard outlines against the blue sky and misty whites that dissolve. A recreation of this scene in pen or pencil would be a good way to expand drawing skill […]

Orchestral Score Writ on the Sky

There was a lot going on in the sky when I took this picture. Placing it within a quasi-musical notation framework anchors it, in a way.

Blue Hole

Today the sky was totally blue. Not a cloud in sight. The picture below is from several days ago. I have fond memories of clouds, which, if predictions are correct, should be abundant next week.

Stationary Front with Trees and Wisp

It was very interesting to see overcast covering half the sky and blue occupying the rest. Two different moods are there to choose from.

Sky and Birds

A couple of birds were on a wire outside my window this morning. My freeform began with a wire-like line that divided the paper, and curvy lines to for the sky. I filled in the curves with almost every kind of blue in my paint box. The black lower portion of the composition is interrupted […]