Painting the view from Mission Ranch in Carmel, California
My patron enjoys staying at Mission Ranch in Carmel. She and her husband especially love looking at the view from their porch of the field of sheep and the ocean with Point Lobos in the distance. So she asked me to create a painting of that view. I have painted that scene a number of times at the ranch and my plein air painting was helpful to make that happen for her.
Here are some progress photos for her painting.
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| Making sketches of the sheep at Mission Ranch |
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| Toning the 11x14 linen canvas |
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| Working from my original plein air painting |
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| Sketching the composition |
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| Blocking in some of the larger shapes |
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| Adding more color areas |
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| My mixing palette |
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| Adding more details |
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| Working on the grassy areas, sky, sheep and background |
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After more corrections, refining values, colors and some shapes,
I think I am at the finishing point.
"View From Mission Ranch" oil 11" x 14" |
