Rob R. Robinson |
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| The lake was calm, reflecting the sky and granite cliffs. Dwight, our friend Y.S. Lim and I painted very close together but had very different paintings. It is always interesting to see how other artists depict the landscape you are painting. | The cracks and striations in the granite were what caught my eye at this painting spot. Dwight, Lim and I focused on different aspects of the scene. Behind us climbers went up the steep rock slopes. | ||
| Even with the snow on the mountain tops, the air was dry and hot. Dwight and I set up in the shadows of the trees to escape the hot sunlight. Keeping the watercolors from drying out too quickly was a challenge. | The view from the shoreline of Tenaya Lake was awe inspiring, making it difficult to stop staring and try to capture the feeling of the place on paper with watercolor. | ||
| The silver weathered Ponderosa pines had such a patina and texture, I had to paint them. The surroundings were very paintable too. | This painting was the last during a wonderful horse packing trip into the Mammoth Lakes area in the Sierra Nevada. The very wet meadow stood out in stark contrast to the drier mountains surrounding the meadow. The surface of the small stream was dimpled by rising trout. | ||
The wind was starting to pick up when we were painting at the end of this lake. The high elevation and the wind affected the colors in the lake and the look of the clouds... and the wind made it difficult to keep our paintings steady. |
Dwight and I painted with our friend, Tony Sheets, at the coast near Mendocino. Dwight and Tony set up to paint in one direction, so I set up looking the other way... |
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