Cougar Peak #364

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Illustration Board

Snow...It won't be long before this land is filled with snow. Again today snow covered the mountain in a blanket of cold white chill. For this painting I first started out by spraying my board with water, and then painting directly upon that. Once I had some shapes blocked in how I wanted....I then misted it again with the spray bottle. Finally coming back in with my brush, I lightly went over the areas I sprayed, pulling off the paint, leaving a nice "snowflake" texture.

Tomorrow will be the BIG one. The final image of this long project.....hard to imagine that it will be coming to an end, but to an end it will come. Until tomorrow.

Cougar Peak #363

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Paper

Today I was once again greeted by the mountain, and a fresh blanket of white snow that had covered the valley. For this painting I did an initial wash of a medium cool gray to cover up the white of the board......from there I built up my snow with my lighter values, and then went the other way darkening my values to bring out individual trees etc, shadows, etc.....

Cougar Peak #361

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Paper

Once again we find the mountain held in the grip of icy winter. The cloud level was just low enough to engulf the top of the mountain, as the bottom was bare to reveal it's cold icy body. For this painting I started out by working up a quick sketch with a liner brush. I then came back in with a larger flat blocking in some of my major shapes, and then going back to the liner, to bring in details, highlights, etc......

Cougar Peak #360

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Paper

This morning I was once again greeted by a layer of fresh snow as it covered the mountainside like a blanket of white wool. I first started out by working up a quick sketch with my paints, blocking in my shapes until I had them just how I liked them. After that was completed, I started to lay in some of my clouds, as well as building up some of the details. Finally I came back in and added highlights, snow, barn, tree, etc....

Cougar Peak #359

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Paper

Merry Christmas to all! The mountain had a nice color palette this morning of dark blues and bits of ocher from the valley floor. The snowfall that we received yesterday receeded a bit allowing part of the dead grass of the field to show through.....so it was nice having all that blue set against the that warmer hue.

Cougar Peak #358

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Paper

Flakes of fluffy white were falling and twirling on their long decent to the valley floor this morning as I tackled the mountain once again. There is something wonderfully peaceful about falling snow. Always a nice gift to get such beauty on Christmas Eve.

Cougar Peak #357

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Paper

Winter attacks today with a furry of fresh snow, and cold temperatures. I love the blues and grays that snow brings, and for this painting I worked a bit trying to capture some of the many different hues of blue that accompany such winter weather.....as well as a little bit of that icy chill.

Cougar Peak #356

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Paper

Today marks the first official day of winter for this year. I was greeted by a beautiful sunrise as I had brush in hand, ready to tackle the mountain once again. Warmer temperatures, and the recent onslaught of rain have eroded once again some of the snow from the base of the mountain. This painting captures a wider range of hues from the warm colors of the sunrise, to the browns at the base of the mountain, and the blues from the cold snow at the top of the peak.