suburban nocturne #3 6x8

suburban tree 6x8

I had to go to Sacramento right after school to help a friend paint a room. I arrived about an hour before he did and had time to do this quick sketch. At one point the wind blew my pochade over but the painting ended up facing up. lucky.

suburban nocturne #2 6x8

The temperature is creeping up into the 100's so it's a lot more comfortable to paint at night. I liked the different colors of lights in this scene. Below is a photo of my night painting set up. It's the same as my day painting set up with the addition of a small clamp on LED on a flexible stem. The light works pretty well but I do like to set up my palette before I go out.
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suburban nocturne 7x7

It finally stopped raining late this afternoon. I went out at about 7:00 this evening to paint. I was inspired by this post on James Gurney's blog, Gurney Journey. This is probably the most helpful painting blog on the web. It's packed with wonderfully practical information.
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Orbit Mart #2 8x7

This is just about the coolest building in the greater Orangevale area.
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orbit 6x6

I've been looking at some very inspiring landscape painting lately. It's one of the things I'd like to pursue but I seem to have a mental block. I see scenes that I'd like to paint all of the time but when I show up with my paint box I always think there'd be somthing better around the next corner. I've managed to fritter away hours in this fasion. I'm going to try to be less particular in the future, just paint and see what I can learn.
This is our local Orbit Gas in Orangevale. I've always loved this type of architecture. It's what people in the past thought the future would look like. They were wrong. Nothing looks like this now that we are actually in the future except for this left over stuff from our past.
On a side note, I'd like to take a moment to thank my wife, Janaé. She has been unfailingly patient and supportive through the last four hundred and nine paintings. I couldn't have done it without her. I love her very much.
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