More chipboard scraps used to do cloud studies. The bottom piece was the first study, but the colors were outside my ability to capture. There was a lot of repainting and at some point you have to quit or you won't be able to look back at a study and remember the lesson. I've done studies of various cloud formations in watercolor because it seems like it would be easier, but it's not.
The third, top study was a bit easier, but I had a hideous time getting the right gold at the base of the golden sky areas. It looked to have both orange and green in the mix, which seemed impossible, but I did end up mixing it that way, and got closer. No banana, but closer to the correct color. Clouds, trees and rocks in the landscape are all very, very tricky.
These are all done from photos I've taken around my house. The sky is always remarkable and always different. No shortage of inspiration on the Oregon coast!
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