Idyllwild Slope – Daily Painting
Idyllwild Slope – 9 x 12 – oil on canvasboard
This past weekend we had the opportunity to go to the Palm Springs International Film Festival for a work-related project, and we stayed for the weekend, enjoying the desert as well as the nearby mountain village of Idyllwild. They had a little snowfall a few weeks ago which left about six inches on the ground. I really hoped to see drifts of snow, but I’m happy with any snow that I can get – it’s been very warm in So. Cal, and there’s been little rainfall. All that may change soon as I hear we’re in an El Nino year. But for the moment we’re long on wind and sand and short on snow.
I haven’t painted rocks or snow recently, so this gave me an opportunity to try something out of the usual. I had a pretty good time gauging the color of snow in sun vs. in shade, as well as experimenting with the shapes and colors of the rocky outcropping.
maggie in sc
January 9, 2007
LOve this one…funny its looks like the mountains in western NC too…great painting Karen
wendy
January 9, 2007
Cool cool painting. Rocks are great fun to draw/paint. You trees give a nice contrast too.
it is 36 degrees here today so your picture is a breath of cool fresh air.
Karen
January 9, 2007
Maggie, thanks … I think in many ways mountains are mountains the world round. The type of pines may vary, and the color of the rocks, but they all have a lot in common. I’m glad you liked it!
Karen
January 9, 2007
Wendy, I’m hoping that’s 36C instead of 36F! That would be pretty chilling … After all the fall paintings I’ve done recently, yes it was fun to do something with a cooler palette. But some hot desert paintings will be posted pretty soon. We are fortunate to have a lot of different biomes in southern california – from Malibu coastal, to wetlands, to chapparal woodlands to desert to high mountains. It’s no wonder the movie industry made LA home base, huh?
Tom G
January 10, 2007
Fantastic.
For not having much experience with painting snowy rocks, they came out beautifully.
hfm
January 10, 2007
I think they are beautifull.
Wendy
January 10, 2007
Karen, it is centigrade and very hot. About 100F. It’s now 4 a.m. and I can’t sleep because of the heat so made iced coffee and the computer room is cooler than elsewhere!
Mariana
January 10, 2007
This is a wonderful paintings, as are all of your works … you give such a wonderful feel of the place. Beautifully done.
Annie
January 10, 2007
I love what you have done with the tree tops and the sky– that space that you manage to get into your painting. And the dappled sunlight on them and on snow and rocks…
Brenda Yarborough
January 10, 2007
What beautiful greens! You’ve taken up a “snow challenge” and done exceptionally well!! This is such a beautiful scene.
Linda
January 10, 2007
Beautiful landscape! I love the greens — and the snow — and the rocks — and all of it!
Anastasia
January 10, 2007
I love this one – I can smell the fresh air!!!
beautiful
wagonized
January 10, 2007
Always admiring your amazing sense of color, Karen.
Aamy Babcock
January 11, 2007
Like this very much, the filtered sunlight through the trees and the different shades of green.I feel the early morning air. good job.