Descanso Gardens Train Station – Plein air California landscape oil painting
“All Aboard” – Descanso Gardens train station at sunset
9 x 12 oil on canvas panel
Plein air landscape oil painting
Late Thursday afternoons at Descanso Gardens always bring opportunities for things to paint. Yesterday I enjoyed the view of the little train station where the engine and engineer wait to take people on a magical trip through the camellia forest. Maybe one of these days I’ll actually take the train ride, camera in hand, and see the garden from a different (low angle) point of view. An alizarin crimson underpainting (done very rapidly) imparts a warm glow to the scene.
I thought I left my big roll of brushes at home and consequently painted most of this with a medium sized filbert. Some of the fine detail on the engine and engineer was done later when I had the appropriate tools. Last week’s Descanso painting has been purchased by a lovely new collector from So. Pasadena, but this one is still available.
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Beautiful painting.
It’s lovely, and I really like the glow that the Alizarin Crimson gave it. Well done! nancy
This is beautiful, and peaceful! The colors are great, very exhuberant and happy!
I was so depressed because I’ve had a bad color day. My efforts to get the right color to a job were unsucessful. then I’ve seen your work. Oh boy! You got the talent. It’s beautiful!