Wednesday, February 04, 2009

yosemite landscape

Here's some studies of Yosemite National Park from awhile back. I usually visit the park at least a couple times a year and I never get sick of it. However it is so majestic that it becomes such a daunting task for me to capture it. It becomes a matter of how well I can simplify. I'm going to string a few studies from different trips on this post just to show variety of approaches.

gouache on board.




ink and watercolor wash.



tombo markers




watercolors


10 comments:

Craig Mackay said...

Holy cow, Rich! Beautiful painting. I especially love the first one and the ink wash. So glad to see so many inspiring studies at once. Thanks for posting!!

Dorota said...

These are so great! i especially love the top one>

Anonymous said...

Nice, bro.

Vince M said...

There's a beautiful simplicity in the approach of these, Rich. It takes a lot of study to be able to lay it down like this and you've really done your homework.

Beautiful!

Thierry Martin said...

superbe

John T Quinn III said...

superbe indeed. an inspiration.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful art, man!
My favorite place in the world.

Unknown said...

I particularly love the 3rd one from the top.

RYAN ASTAMENDI PHOTOGRAPHY said...

Beautiful work buddy. Definitely one of my favorite places. I hope our Character art team can do a trip there someday if we ever get a budget. Hell, we should just do it on our own dime.

Marcos Mateu said...

Nice! these tombo markers are phenomenal