"Snowsquall on the Central Plains"
9" x 12"
mixed media/acrylic on canvasboard
Lots of texture to begin with.
I have NEVER painted a snow scene.
Plenty of thinking and experimenting
before I finally got up
the nerve to 'just do it'.
You can see the trail the farmer left
while laying down some hay bales.
I like the effect. I can see the wind whipping
and blowing snow.
That's what I wanted YOU
to see.
Oodles and oodles of cattle around here to look at,
sketch and photograph.
4 comments:
Brrrrrr! What an awesome painting!!!
Thank you Chris Lally!
I can't believe this is your first snow scene. It's awesome! You really conveyed exactly what it's been like up here in Michigan! Nice job, Pattie!
Thank you Laurie - living most of my life in Colorado, I know exactly how to portray them. This one was near white out, because just a little went a long way, some wiping back done..and I pulled it back before the acrylic dried. Made me think of those days of "this is a painting of a polar bear, on the ice, in a snowstorm."
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