No Hands Bridge with snow 8x10

There was about six inches of snow in Auburn this morning. I had a feeling we might be having a snow day but I went up the hill anyhow. It's not often that you get to see the canyon with this much snow in it. I haven't painted a landscape in quite a while and I had a couple of miss starts that had to be wiped off. I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out though

No Hands Morning 9x12

No Hands Bridge #16 12x9

No Hands Bridge #15 8x10

I started this one yesterday afternoon. I went down to the confluence with Frank Ordaz and his friend Mick McGinty. Unfortunately I could only stay for about an hour and a half. It was perfect weather painting in the shade of the highway 49 bridge with a couple of great guys. I wish I could have stayed longer!
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No Hands Bridge #14 12x9

It was a fantastic day at the river. Just cool enough to keep the crowds at bay.

No Hands Bridge #13 8x10

No Hands Bridge #12

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No Hands Bridge #11

I met my friend Frank down at the confluence today. Painting is usually a solitary activity for me so it's a rare treat when there's company. The light was good as was the conversation. Franks is a nice guy and a fine painter. His blog is well worth checking out.

No Hands Bridge #10 8x10

I was hiking around looking for another vantage point on this subject and I came up with this. At some point I want to get here in the morning so I can paint this under different lighting conditions.
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No Hands Bridge #9 10x8

It was a beautiful afternoon. I wanted to get down to the confluence about an hour earlier than I did. This time of year the sun disappears behind the canyon rim pretty quickly. I only had about 30 minutes before the bridge was completely in the shadows. I had to block every thing in lickety split and then make the final adjustments after I got home.
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No Hands Bridge #8 8x10

It was a beautiful day today so I headed down to the canyon after work. I ran into Frank Ordaz, a very fine painter from Auburn. I had corresponded over the net a bit with Frank a couple of weeks ago because we had run into each other on James Gurney's excellent blog. It is astonishing to me that we could come across each other on a painting blog that's written on the east coast (I think) and then actually be at the same place, doing the same thing a couple of weeks later. Anyhow, Frank is a fine painter with a lot of insight and his blog is well worth a visit.
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No Hands Bridge #7 8x10

It got up to 107 in Auburn today and the air was pretty unhealthy. The haze really amplified the atmospheric perspective and turned everything a bit brown. I actually like the muted tones of these paintings. I picked up a mask at the drug store. Hopefully it's keeping most of the bad stuff out of my lungs.
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No Hands Bridge #6 12x9

12x9 is big for me. This one took a bit longer than I usually spend on a painting after work. When I got down to the river I realized that I had left all of my smaller panels in my trunk. I almost went back up to get one because I wasn't sure I wanted to commit to the time required for a bigger piece. ironically, I was too lazy to walk back to the car so I ended up spending more time on the painting. I'm glad I did.
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No Hands Bridge #5 9x7

One again, No Hands Bridge. It actually has a hand rail now. I don't think it adds much to it, aesthetically speaking, so I don't paint it.
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