Tag Archive for: Impressionist

Moonrise

A very quick, perhaps a 15-20 minute painting, en plein air, trying to catch the colors of dusk with a full moon rising. It was an amazing evening. You could see the bands of colors in the sky rising out of the earth. 8"x10" oil on panel

Granite Mountain

Granite Mountain 14" x 11" oil on panel © 2014 Srishti Wilhelm Click here to view or purchase I'm revisiting this tall huge chunk of granite that is behind my  house, yet again. It just never ceases to amaze me with its grandeur…

Thumb Butte, Day 13, 30 in 30

After the figure painting session this morning, I actually also did a plein air (phew!), I am behind and I need to catch up. So here are the efforts... I am happy with it overall. I feel like I got a teeny bit closer to the look and feel that…

Natalie (part 1), Day 13, 30 in 30

Figure painting session today again (yay!), and our model for today (and the next two Mondays) was Natalie. It's never enough, you want to keep painting and 3 hours go by so fast! This painting is 18" x 24" is size. oil on canvas panel I…

Aloe, Day 10, 30 in 30

Ok, yes, I promise to catch up. As I mentioned before, I have been revamping my art studio. A sort of nesting phase, cleaning up, starting over etc. So I've been devoting lot of time to that. but I am trying my best to paint as much as I can. Here…

Landscape study, Day 8 of 30

Here is an 8" x 10" study that I did plein air today for the Day 8 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Up on the hill behind our house, when the sun gets low, you can see mountains all around with a different shadow structure on each of…

“In the Shadow of the Mountain”, Day 3, 30 in 30

I had noticed while walking the Granite Mountain trailhead in the summer around 4pm, with the sun starting to go behind the mountain, how the mountain would start to become a luminescent bluish color... Well, I decided to paint at that…

Looking North, Day 2, 30 in 30

Looking North from Prescott, you can see the Bill Williams mountain due north. A Lovely view indeed. I have to hike up the hill behind my house and oh it's a 360 degree panoramic view! Partly cloudy with sun and shade playing games today…

Evening Glow, Day 1, 30 in 30

So hey... Here is another 30 in 30!  Should I say I am excited or overwhelmed? Reworking my whole website which has been taking me way more time than I expected.And I am starting the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, hosted by Leslie Saeta. Plein…

Helga

Helga is our current model for the Monday long pose at the "Pushing Paint" life drawing group. Here is a step by step process of painting Helga.           Helga 16" x 12" oil on board