Mohave Pt WIP
This is the beginning of a study of Mohave Point, Grand Canyon. Val mentioned working in oil on a small scale so I thought I would kick it up a notch as I wanted to do this picture in a larger size and maybe it is easier working with oil on a larger scale. While I was thinking 20x20 on some canvas I got, this is actually6 16"x20" because I didn't have the courage to do it on the canvas yet. I would like to do this without a lot of the details that I seem to get so caught up in and that appearedin my last Grand Canyon pictures. So it begins. I think on this I am going to experiment in doing a combination of brush and palette knife work to see if I can get the technique back. The rocks are made up of different strata so I want the layers look. If the sky appears to be dark it because there was just a storm and the photographer caught the fantastic canyon colors, the sun coming out strong and two rainbows. I am hoping that the transparent...
