Clouds

I was having a lot of fun with the clouds in all of my other mini's so I decided to do one that would be more "about" the clouds. This is what I came up with. It was a fun one!

NY Hay

I actually did this painting 10 times this size a couple years ago and I was never happy with it. Doing this version showed me why. I have a harder time getting the loose strokes with big brushes and with all the trees in the background it definitely needs the right kind of strokes.

Appleton Path

This one is definitely my favorite one so far. I feel like I was able to stay really loose. Another great thing about doing these is that if I find that I really love one then it will almost act like a sketch for doing a larger version.

Dodge Street Barn

I have been driving past this barn for over a year now. It is along my beautiful drive to work. I took some pictures of it last summer and just now got around to attacking it. I think doing these small landscapes will give me the opportunity to tackle landscapes that i've been trying to do and just never get around to.

Appleton Tree

The first in my mini landscape series. I've always been a bit scared about doing a landscape on one of my 6 x 6 panels. It just seemed crazy to do something so large on something so small! I am so glad I finally took the chance! I have done 6 now and they only keep getting better and better. They are making me work much looser since it would be impossible to get all the fine details. I will have a grouping of 9 hanging in my Bevtown Gallery show coming up next month. I was only planning on doing these but I am enjoying them so much I'm sure I will continue to do more.