Black Hills Creek View
I drove on Highway 85 south through Spearfish Canyon.
I drove on Highway 85 south through Spearfish Canyon.
This is the view out of my front door: showing Lookout Mountain and the steam that rises from our local saw mill.
Painting with watercolor on the clayboard, I am able to layer color in the same manner as applying glazes in an oil painting.
From my home in the Black Hills of South Dakota
I am bracing to embrace winter, as it is closely nipping at fall’s heels today!!
I am exploring the unique effects I get from painting with watercolor on a specially prepared board, called clayboard.
Bear Butte is a majestic mountain, rising from the plains, and one which traditionally (and still today) is a sacred site for many Native American tribes.
Although many of these artifacts remain and are valued pieces in early man’s record, their meaning is largely lost to history.
This is the first painting of the day that I painted on site at Badlands National Park.
I waited until the sun was just peeking up over the horizon, and entered the Badlands.