Creede 23 - Nelson Tunnel Ore Bin

So, it only took me 23 attempts across the weekend to be able to come up with a mountain I liked and the background mining scene as it is in real life.  Hence, I went forward with the Nelson Tunnel Ore Bin structure.

I was very happy with the over all effect, however, there were a few whoopsies along the way, so I covered them up with my best attempt at trees.

I like everything, except the trees!

Oh well, at least I am proud of this one.

Under The Sea

This was an interesting class project, paint a background, cover it with crinkled Saran Wrap, weight the wrap down and let the painting dry. Then go back into the painting and make a scene out of it!

I just randomly chose blue and green.  The effect made remember diving in the Caribbean.

This one just cried out for there to be some fishes in shallow water.  Throw in some kelp and viola!

It was fun because I had no clue what we were doing, where it was going, nor what I would end up with!

Happiness.

Fall Foliage

From another calendar photo, this time of fall foliage up in the Yukon.  The brush there is beautiful in fall but short in height.  I thought it would make a nice picture. And, actually this is a decent representation of what the photo was.

However, it is really boring rather than interesting.

The instructor pointed out that everything is the same height.   Yes, even though it is that way in the photo and nature - it needs to have variety in height to make an interesting composition. Hmmmmmm.

So, thus began the quest to understand composition ...