Blue Patch
Blue lining among silvery clouds.
Tag Archives: weather
Sky Angry at the Tree Tops
It was completely wet and dark today. This photo is from a day or two ago, when it was just threatening.
Diminishing Blue Sky with Clouds and Hill Top
The weather was very changeable out here today. We had a little bit of everything: blue skies, clouds, rain, sunshine. I like the wispy white forms in front of dark hill tops.
Study in Grey Clouds
It was a day of mixed weather: blue sky in one place; grey, lumpy sky in another. Below is an example of the lumpy part.
Sky Fingerprint
I love the sky. It is never the same, from moment to moment.
Questionable Cloud
The cloud I saw today after work looked like a question mark. Doesn’t it?
Feathery Clouds and Pinpoint Moon
It was very warm here a couple of days ago. Yesterday it was cool, almost cold by California standards. There were lots of wispy clouds. The picture below captured one of them, and also a little pinpoint of the moon.
#2 Burbank Abstract
Today’s watercolor experiment: Another abstract away from home: My abstract compositions always seem to begin with a color and a brushstroke. Today the color was cobalt blue. The first bright-blue brushstroke inspired a second parallel stroke of dark blue. In the final piece, we see the dark blue in the center. The dark blue, in […]
Warmup – Storms
The next master whose work the Tate Watercolor Manual* reviews is David Cox (1783-1859). The title of this section his called ‘Painting the Elements’. Often, it seems, Cox would paint scenes where the sky was in turmoil with high winds and dramatic coloration. The manual references Bull in a Storm as one of Cox’s most […]
