tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64331714422000941732024-03-13T09:58:09.374-07:00Matt Sterbenz Fine ArtMatt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-84219748246730465172017-09-05T20:43:00.003-07:002017-09-05T20:51:01.213-07:00Pacific Northwest Plein Air event - 2017The Pacific Northwest Plein Air event has come and gone, and what a great time it was. The Columbia River Gorge was breathtaking. A little late for the post, but better late than never. Here is a little write-up of my painting trip. <i>(As I write this, the Eagle Creek fire is burning up a lot of the areas I painted. Hopefully the fire will die down soon. It's such a beautiful area.)</i><br />
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Friday, July 30th my wife and I set out from Phoenix. We decided to camp along the way, and day one we made it to Zion National Park in Utah. We camped just outside of Zion. Here's the first painting - a quick little 6x6 from the camp site, with beer and citronella candle to keep me company.<br />
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Saturday morning we headed north to Idaho. After a day of driving we got to Lake Walcott State Park, about an hour or two east of Boise. I was able to get in an 8x10 before the sun went down. The Snake River had some nice falls, and they were pretty loud too.<br />
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Sunday we were able to make it to the Gorge. We camped at Maryhill State Park, just a couple miles away from the Maryhill Museum - the event host. This is the view looking west from the Washington side of the river. You can see Mt. Hood in the background - a feature we would soon miss! But more on that later...<br />
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Monday morning was orientation at a coffee shop in Hood River. Once everyone was on the same page about the week's activities, everyone went off to paint. I joined a few other artists up on top of Mt. Hood. The area was experiencing some record-breaking heat (well into the 100's down below) but it was really nice at the high elevations.<br />
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<i>Myself, Thomas Kitts, Sally Reichmuth, and Cathleen Rehfeld Meyers. Photo courtesy of Sally Reichmuth</i></div>
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I worked up this 8x10 from the shade of a tree, just above Timberline Lodge. What a great view. </div>
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Tuesday, August 1 we met for a day of painting at Griffin House in Hood River. It's a great little venue for weddings and other events, and the owner, Claire, was a wonderful host. It was another very hot day, but cool enough in the shade. </div>
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My first painting of the day was this 9x12 looking west. This was morning light and the sun was almost behind me, so there weren't too many shadow shapes. I normally like composing my paintings with lots of strong shadow shapes, so this was a good challenge. </div>
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I liked that first challenge so much I decided to paint it again. This time it was an 8x10. The shadow shapes were stronger in the afternoon light, but the colors were much more flat. </div>
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Wednesday morning I wanted to paint a large panorama from up near the Stonehenge War Memorial in Maryhill. I was looking forward to a view with Mt. Hood in the background, but... nope. A ton of smoke moved in from wildfires up in Canada. There was so much smoke in the air, the sun came up a bright cadmium red. I could look at it without squinting. So much for that view of Mt Hood!</div>
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I decided to focus on the farms and buildings in Maryhill, and moved the horizon up towards the top of the 16x20 canvas. This was my progress after the first session:</div>
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I went back to the same spot on Thursday morning, hoping that the smoke would have lifted so I could paint the background. Nope! The smoke was even worse that the day before. Oh well, that's what happens when you paint from life. Not to be discouraged, I painted what I saw. I brought in some more crimson notes into the water and background, to capture the feeling of that blood-red sunrise. </div>
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I forgot to take a progress picture of the second session's progress. Whoops. </div>
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Wednesday afternoon was spent at Tanner Creek (also called Wahclella Falls). Big thanks to Thomas Kitts for showing me this painting spot. After hiking about a mile in, there is a bridge with access to the water. With tall cliffs above on either side, and huge trees giving plenty of shade, this area was the perfect spot to escape the heat wave. I worked up this 9x12. </div>
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Since the cliffs are so tall, you only have a small window of light to paint from. It gets shady in the canyon pretty quickly. My wife and I left after finishing this painting, and we went looking at some of the huge waterfalls along historic State Route 30. </div>
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Thursday was a half-day. Paintings had to be turned in later that day, so I only had a small amount of time to do another painting. After touching up the 16x20 in Maryhill at sunrise, we drove west to Hood River (about 30 minutes from our campsite in Maryhill), and pulled off at one of the Oregon state park swimming sites. </div>
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The smoke was even worse. We could barely see across the river. So I decided to do an atmospheric, 16x8 vertical piece. I think that is some sort of fishing platform in the foreground. Some people came to swim and a couple of them thought it was a good idea to jump from the top of those rocks. No, thanks. </div>
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With that painting wrapped up, we booked it back to camp where I framed everything. </div>
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The next day, Friday, was the opening reception. There were tons of great paintings. Our judge, Mike Hernandez, really had his work cut out for him. </div>
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I was really happy to have received a ribbon for my large piece. I received the National Scenic Area Award. It was a great way to cap off a really fun trip. </div>
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Plein Air Magazine did a great write-up of the event. You can take a look at all the other winners here: http://www.outdoorpainter.com/an-area-worth-painting/</div>
Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-42859254534627032392017-06-01T12:36:00.003-07:002017-06-01T13:05:32.862-07:00How To Build A Glass Studio PaletteMy wife and I have spent the past few weeks buying a house, packing, and moving. We're finally starting to settle in at the new place, and I have a ton of projects in mind for my new studio. Now that I know I'll be staying put for a long time, I feel a lot more comfortable investing time and money into a great studio space.<br />
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I'll be posting about my studio progress and detailed tutorials of each of the projects.<br />
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The finished studio palette, on an old nightstand which I have turned into a painting cart: <br />
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In the coming months I plan on building a large painting cart, but until that happens I need something else to get by. I've used this small nightstand for a while now, and my old glass palette used to sit on it. The cool thing about this nightstand is that it's 16x20 inches; just the right size for a 16x20 piece of window glass from the hardware store.<br />
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Supplies: 1/2 inch plywood (cut to the exact size of the glass on a table saw), 7 feet of wood corner molding, and a 16"x20" pane of glass.</div>
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Paint the back side of the glass with your preferred color. I like a medium grey. </div>
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Using some clear silicone adhesive, apply the glass to the plywood (painted side down)</div>
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Make some 45-degree cuts on your corner molding. Measure twice, cut once! </div>
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Once the four sides have been measured and cut, it's time to start gluing. Apply a line of silicone adhesive on the glass. Apply wood glue on the edge of the plywood, on the inside edge of the molding, and on the corner edges of the molding. </div>
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Detail shot of the corner</div>
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Use your favorite clamps to hold the molding until it dries. These clamps are strong, so I used some scraps of cardboard to protect the wood.</div>
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Leave it to dry overnight, sand, and you're all done! You can apply stain and varnish if you like. I used "golden pecan" wood stain (Minwax), followed by three coats of polyurethane varnish. </div>
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The finished palette! </div>
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<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-17177712919826246942017-05-03T14:54:00.001-07:002017-05-03T14:54:16.943-07:005 Steps to Spring into Great Greens <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Potawatomi Overlook,</i> Door County, Wisconsin. 6x8 inches. Plein Air. </div>
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Spring is coming, and with the changing of the seasons comes a whole lot of... GREEN! Green can be a difficult color to get right. Here are a few tips to keep in mind...</div>
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<u>1-Greens tend to be a darker value than you think</u> - Remember to squint, and check the value of greens in your subject. Compare that value to other objects. You'd be surprised how dark it actually is. </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note the values of the greens in this piece. Pretty dark, compared to the sky and water. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A small black and white gouache study for this painting. The black and white study helps show just how dark of value greens can be.</span></i> </div>
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<u>2-Keep greens subdued</u> - Keep your greens a little more muted than you think you need. Greens in nature are actually very muted. Once your subdued greens are placed and the value is correct, then add in some "punches" of more vibrant greens. One trick you may like is to use yellow ochre for most of your green mixing, to keep greens a little less intense than you want them. Then, dip into the cadmium yellow for those bright accents at the end. It's surprising how little of the cadmium yellow you'll end up needing. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The desert is great for practicing with muted greens. Note the small "punches" of brighter greens in this saguaro and the surrounding bushes. Using a more intense (higher chroma) color is a great way of adding accents, just be careful not to overdo it. </i></span></div>
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<u>3-Remember atmospheric perspective</u> - Colors change as they get farther away from us, and shift towards blue (in most cases). What's lesser known, however, is that yellow is the first color to fade, which is then followed by red. What this means is that greens will have more yellow in them in the foreground. Greens a little farther away will appear more purple, followed by very blue-greens in the distance. This is another reason I like to save my brightest greens until the accent stage, and keep the cadmium yellow-heavy mixtures reserved mostly for foreground accents. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here are two detail shots of the greens in <i>Potawatomi Overlook</i> (pictured at the top of this blog post). Note the vibrancy of the foreground greens (left), and the subdued background greens (right). Both the yellow-green highlights and blue-green shadows have changed due to atmospheric perspective. They have decreased in intensity (chroma) and lightened in value. </span></div>
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<u>4-Never use pre-mixed greens</u> - Well, that's kind of a lie. While I do have a couple greens on my palette, and they are useful, I never use these greens as the starting point when I am mixing a green for my painting. Those greens are on my palette for "tweaking" colors only. All of the greens in my painting begin with yellow and blue. If the green needs to be more olive, I'll add some cadmium orange. More grey? Add some alizarin crimson. Needs to be a little higher in chroma? Now, and only now, is it time to add a little bit of Viridian or Phthalo Green. My basic rule of thumb: Never just squeeze out a bunch of sap green and paint a tree with it! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">All the greens in this piece, <i>"Courthouse and Juniper"</i>, were started with a mixture of cadmium yellow and ultramarine blue. Other colors, including viridian, were later added to tweak the base mixture and create variety.</span></div>
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<u>5-Variety, variety, variety</u> - Having a full-spectrum palette is great for many reasons. "Tweaking" greens is one of them. I like to dip into just about every color when I'm mixing greens, and I like to have every brush stroke be a slightly different green. Trees are made up of thousands of leaves, and each leaf is a slightly different color, and is reflecting sunlight at a different angle. It would make sense, then, for a tree to be made up of many different kinds of greens. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Note the variety of greens here in <i>Fresh Fruit. </i>There are less intense greens, really vibrant greens, yellow greens, blue greens, and very dull greens. The greens in the background are pushed even farther away by knocking back their intensity. The cactus has the most yellow in it's greens, so it visually wants to come forward.</span> </div>
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<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-66287400485954837102016-11-24T18:02:00.000-08:002016-11-24T18:02:48.198-08:00Sedona Plein Air Festival (Part 2)Here are some final photos of all my pieces from the Sedona Plein Air Festival. It was a great week!<br />
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<i>"View From Brins Mesa Trail"</i> Oil on linen, 9x12 <b>sold</b></div>
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(This piece sold before I was able to get a good picture of it, so I only have the field photo taken with my phone)</div>
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<i>"From the Broken Arrow Trail"</i> Oil on linen, 12x12 <b>sold</b></div>
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<i>"Gnarled and Twisted"</i> Oil on linen, 9x12 <b>sold</b></div>
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<i>"View From The Top Of Cathedral Rock"</i> Oil on linen, 8x10 </div>
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<i>"Courthouse Butte and Juniper"</i> Oil on linen, 9x12, <b>sold</b></div>
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<i>"A Day At Slide Rock"</i> oil on linen, 6x8</div>
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<i>"Looking Up At Cathedral Rock"</i> oil on linen, 12x12 <b>sold</b></div>
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<i>"Looking North From Broken Arrow"</i> oil on linen, 8x16 <b>sold</b></div>
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<i>"Swirls in Oak Creek"</i> oil on linen, 9x12</div>
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<i>"Rachel's Juniper"</i> oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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<i>"Looming Over Chimney Pass"</i> oil on linen, 8x10</div>
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<i>"Draped In Scarlet"</i> oil on linen, 8x10, <b>sold</b></div>
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<i>"Broken Arrow Juniper"</i> oil on linen, 12x12, <b>sold</b></div>
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<i>"Looking Out From Rachel's Knoll"</i> oil on linen, 8x16, <b>sold</b></div>
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(This piece was painted at the Seven Canyons resort and sold during the Sedona Plein Air Festival Paint-Out, so the only photo I have of it was taken with my phone)</div>
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<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-60289621538091955692016-10-16T21:17:00.003-07:002016-10-16T21:17:49.336-07:00Sedona Plein Air Festival (Part 1)I'm very happy to say that I was invited to participate in the Sedona Plein Air Festival, which started Saturday, October 15.<br />
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Orientation began at 10am on Saturday morning, and we were given information about paint-outs, reception times, and we were able to hang our studio pieces. We also got our panels stamped.<br />
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Saturday afternoon I painted this 9x12 on the Brins Mesa trail.<br />
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"View from Brins Mesa Trail" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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Today (Sunday) I painted two, a little off the path of the Broken Arrow trail.<br />
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"View from Broken Arrow Trail" Oil on linen, 12x12 inches</div>
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"Twisted Bark" Oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The artists pose for a photo after the 8th Annual Celebration of Art Quickdraw and Auction</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Inner Warmth" oil on canvas, 16x24 inches, is my studio piece for this year's exhibit.</span></i></div>
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Well, the 8th Annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art has come and gone. I had one heck of a great week painting with some of the country's best landscape painters, and it was an honor and a privilege to be part of such an event. The proceeds from this event are split between the artists and Grand Canyon Association, with the goal of funding a permanent art venue on the South Rim, to house the Park's extensive art collection.<br />
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https://www.grandcanyon.org/arts-and-culture/2016-celebration-art<br />
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The event is hosted by the Grand Canyon Association, the official nonprofit partner of the Grand Canyon National Park. 24 artists were invited to paint in the park for one week. Blank canvases were stamped on the back side at the beginning of the event (Friday Sep. 9th), and artists had one week to paint as much as they like. All completed paintings had to be framed and ready to hang by Friday, Sep. 16th at 5pm, and delivered to the historic Kolb Studio.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Matt painting at Moran Point</span></i></div>
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Saturday morning, the 17th, was the Quick Draw competition. Artists had to complete a plein air painting in just two hours, from 8am to 10am. The painting then had to be framed and delivered for a live auction at 11am. The public was able to witness the paintings come to life before them, and bid on them just an hour later!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">"Smokey Quickdraw" 8x16 inches. Sold at auction. A forest fire on the North Rim caused a lot of smoke to settle in the canyon, which offered an opportunity to really push the atmospheric perspective.</span></div>
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Saturday evening was the sneak preview opening reception. It was great seeing all the artists fresh work, and speaking with the collectors, volunteers, and GCA and Park staff. <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Matt at the Kolb Studio opening reception, September 17th 2016. Photo courtesy of Marlene Whitlock</span></i></div>
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Sunday morning was another sneak preview reception with brunch, followed by the public grand opening at noon. It was a weekend full of buzz and excitement, and "red dots" were flying everywhere.<br />
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I managed to paint 24 paintings during the week, including my Quickdraw piece pictured above. Here are the other 23 pieces. To purchase any of these paintings, please contact the Kolb Studio at (928) 638-2481. The show will be up until January 16, 2017.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"First Light at Moran Point" 9x12 inches, $500</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Still Chipping Away" 6x8 inches, $300</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Cloudforms over Mohave Point" 6x8 inches, $300</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Number 237" 8x16 inches, $900</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Far Above the Colorado" 8x16 inches, $800</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Yaki Duality #2" 6x8 inches, $300</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Yaki Duality #1" 6x8 inches, $300</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Hermit's River View" 8x8 inches, $400</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Sunset study at Hopi Point" 6x8 inches, not for sale.</span></i> </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Dancing Shadows" 8x8 inches, $400</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Reaching Out over the Edge at Hopi Point" 9x12 inches, Sold. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Fallen Ancient" 6x8 inches, $300</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Into the Abyss" 16x20 inches, $1600</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"In Open Arms" 9x12 inches, Sold. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"First Light on the Battleship" 8x8 inches, $400</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Last Light at Yavapai Point" 8x10 inches, $400</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Ribbon of Silver" 8x8 inches, $400</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Looking southwest from an overlook at Potawatome state park, Door County, WI. 6x8 inches, 5-16-2016</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Looking across the bay, from Potawatome state park, Door County, WI. 8x10 inches, 5-16-2016</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Looking south from the Potawatome state park overlook, Door County, WI. 6x8 inches, 5-21-2016</span></div>
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I stuck with the same palette I use here in the desert: Titanium white, cadmium yellow light, cadmium orange, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue hue, viridian hue, and yellow-green (Utrecht brand)Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-58076674351828804242016-03-14T16:47:00.001-07:002016-03-14T16:47:21.922-07:00Plein Air in Oak Creek Canyon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is an 8x10 from Oak Creek Canyon. I painted this in January on the drive back from the Grand Canyon. The southern sides of all the mountains had snow still on them. It made for a great opportunity to add a greater variety of cools in the shadows, and the little flecks of white highlights add a shimmering effect. </div>
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On this trip I re-introduced Cerulean Blue Hue to my palette (Utrecht brand). It's a mixture of phthalo blue and white. It can be a very potent color, but because it's cut with white it's not quite as strong as regular phthalo. Cerulean Blue Hue is really useful for the sky right near the horizon, and for the cool reflected skylight on upward-facing shadowed planes. I also found myself grabbing a little bit when mixing greens. </div>
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My palette: Cadmium yellow medium, cadmium orange, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue hue</div>
<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-65298664301824248622016-02-23T05:00:00.002-08:002016-02-23T05:00:43.444-08:00Grand Canyon Painting Trip (Part 2)A little belated, but here are the other pieces from my trip up to the Canyon last month.<br />
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First up is a little snow scene from the north rim. The sun was nearly down at this point, and a snow storm was moving in. The north rim was starting to disappear in the haze.<br />
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Next up is an 8x10 I painted in Oak Creek Canyon. I love driving the 89 down from Flagstaff to Sedona. It winds and loops around, and you are surrounded by tall cliff walls and red rocks. There was still a little bit of snow on the south sides of the mountains, but just about everything else had melted already. The air was crisp, and there was a cold blue haze in the atmosphere. Just about all of my mixtures had a little Cerulean blue mixed in. </div>
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"Cool Blue Haze in Oak Creek Canyon" Oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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Here's an 8x10 piece I painted on the south rim of the Grand Canyon a couple days ago. This is the first time I've been up there while there was snow. It proved to be a great challenge!</div>
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Titanium white, cadmium yellow medium, burnt sienna, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue hue. </div>
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<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-25056473518406946532016-01-14T08:34:00.003-08:002016-02-23T05:47:04.860-08:002015 in Review: 100 paintingsHello Everyone!<br />
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It's been a little over a month of no blog activity. I've still been painting, but Christmas travels and a family emergency have kept my attention away from my computer. I'm going to try to go back to my daily blog posts, now that things have quieted down a bit.<br />
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Anyway, I like to use the end of the year as a way of reflecting back on my progress. In 2015, I painted over 100 paintings. Good, I think, but it could be better. I'd like to get that up to one painting every day. Maybe in 2016 I can make that happen.<br />
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Here are nearly all of my paintings from 2015, in no particular order:<br />
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"Under the Big Sur Bridge" 6x6 inches</div>
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"Camelback Sunrise" Oil on linen, 16x20 inches</div>
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"Golden Crown" Oil on canvas, 12x16 inches</div>
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"Watching the Sunrise with Junipers" Oil on canvas, 16x26 inches</div>
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"Afternoon at Canyon Lake" Oil on canvas, 30x40 inches SOLD</div>
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"Afternoon at Canyon Lake 2" Oil on canvas, 12x16 inches</div>
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"Far Below" Oil on linen, 8x16 inches</div>
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"Canyon Sunset" Oil on canvas, 16x32 inches</div>
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"Whitefish Dunes, WI" Oil on linen, 16x20 inches, SOLD</div>
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"Central California Coast" Oil on linen, 16x20</div>
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"Hints of Fall Color in Door County" Oil on linen, 11x14 inches</div>
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"Door County Road" Oil on linen, 6x6 inches</div>
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"Lost Dutchman's Shadow" Oil on linen, 18x24 inches</div>
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"Study for Dutchman's Shadow" Oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Glowing Depths" Oil on canvas, 36x36 inches SOLD</div>
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"Harper's Nursery" gouache on paper, 4x5 inches</div>
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"Tlaquepacque Fountain" gouache on paper, 5x8 inches</div>
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"Tree Arch at Desert Breeze Park" gouache on paper, 5x8 inches</div>
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"Papago Study" gouache on paper, 5x8 inches</div>
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"Untitled" 30x40 inches</div>
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"Kingman, AZ" oil on paper mounted to board, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Big Sur Lighthouse" 11x14 inches</div>
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"Monsoon in the Superstitions" oil on linen, 11x14</div>
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"Approaching Monsoon" oil on linen, 6x6 inches</div>
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"Dutchman's Moonrise" oil on linen, 6x6 inches</div>
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"Looking South, Highway 1" oil on linen, 18x24 inches</div>
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"Last Light on Camelback Mountain" oil on linen, 6x8 inches</div>
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"Orange Horizon" oil on linen, 6x8 inches SOLD</div>
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"Bright Blue Canyon Lake" oil on canvas, 8x8 inches</div>
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"Piestewa Peak in the Distance" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Gnarled Saguaro" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Spring Greens on Casa Grande Mountain" oil on linen, 11x14 inches</div>
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"Papago Sunset" oil on linen, 8x16 inches</div>
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"Monterey Study" oil on linen, 6x8 inches</div>
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"China Cove" oil on linen, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Looking Back, Point Lobos" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Monterey Wave Study 1" oil on linen, 6x8 inches</div>
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"Monterey Wave Study 2" oil on linen, 6x8 inches</div>
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"Orange on Green" oil on linen, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Waves Approaching Carmel" oil on linen, 6x8 inches SOLD</div>
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"Walking Along the Carmel Beach" oil on linen, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Morning in Big Sur" oil on linen, 9x12 SOLD</div>
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"Big Sur Tidepool" oil on linen, 6x8 inches SOLD</div>
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"Last Light in Asilomar" oil on linen, 8x16 inches</div>
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"Phoenix Skyline" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Papago Rock Study" oil on canvas, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Approaching Monsoon, Sedona" oil on linen, 9x12 inches SOLD</div>
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"Papago Sunrise Study" Oil on linen, 5x9 inches</div>
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"Creosote Study" oil on linen, 6x9 inches</div>
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"Papago Sunrise Study 2" Oil on paper mounted to board, 4x5 inches</div>
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"Papago Sunrise Study 3" Oil on paper mounted to board, 4x5 inches</div>
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"Saguaro Study" oil on paper mounted to board, 3x8 inches</div>
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"Castle View" oil on paper mounted to board, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Papago Sunrise Study 4" oil on linen, 4x9 inches</div>
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"Papago Sunrise Study 5" oil on linen, 5x9 inches</div>
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"Clear Morning in the Shadow of Hole-In-The-Rock" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Phantom Ranch" oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Golden Crown" oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Morning Light on the South Rim" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Shadow Patterns" oil on linen, 6x8 inches </div>
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"Roommates" oil on linen, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Governor Hunt's Tomb" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Among the Cluster" oil on linen, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Portrait of a Boulder" oil on canvas, 6x8 inches</div>
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"Phoenix Cloud Study" oil on linen 3x9 inches</div>
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"Phoenix Cloud Study 2" oil on linen, 3x9 inches</div>
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"Phoenix Cloud Study 3" oil on linen, 4x9 inches</div>
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"Big Ears" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Graveyard Study" gouache on paper, 5x8 inches</div>
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"Study for Dutchman's Moonrise" oil on canvas, 9x12 inches</div>
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"South Mountain in Morning Sun" oil on canvas, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Salt River Study" oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Bend in the River" oil on linen, 6x8 inches</div>
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"Buckeye Trainyard" gouache on paper, 5x8 inches</div>
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"Above the Reeds" oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Mountain Reflections" oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Like Jagged Teeth" oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Dutchman's Palo Verde" oil on linen, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Among the Reeds" oil on canvas, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Salt River Canyon Structures" oil on linen, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Old Rexall Drugstore" gouache on paper, 5x8 inches</div>
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"First Light on the Trees" oil on canvas, 5x9 inches</div>
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"Summer Heat Above the Papago Lagoons" oil on canvas, 6x9 inches</div>
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"Humid Morning in Rural Alabama" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Grandpa Robbins' Shed" oil on linen, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Peavine Falls, Alabama" oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Golden Hour at Oak Mountain State Park, AL" oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Early Morning Showers" oil on canvas, 9x12 inches</div>
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"Watching the Sun Rise" oil on canvas, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Cholla Study" oil on linen, 8x10 inches</div>
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"Fall Harvest" oil on canvas, 11x11 inches</div>
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"Season's Bounty" oil on linen, 6x6 inches</div>
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"Harvest with Bottle" oil on canvas, 11x11 inches</div>
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"Among the Reeds 2" oil on canvas, 12x16 inches</div>
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"Papago Rocks and Pallet Wood" oil on wood panel, 7x12 inches</div>
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"Rocks and Saguaro" oil on canvas, 6x6 inches</div>
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"Morning Reflections" oil on linen, 18x24 inches</div>
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"Hints of Dawn" oil on linen, 11x14 inches</div>
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"Halo" oil on linen, 16x20 inches SOLD</div>
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"Monterey Wave Study" oil on canvas, 6x6 inches</div>
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"Door County Atmosphere" oil on linen, 16x20 inches</div>
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My palette for this painting: Titanium white, cadmium yellow medium, yellow ochre, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue hue (Utrecht)</div>
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Here is another 8x10 painting from a week or so ago at Lost Dutchman. I was testing out a composition format with some strong diagonals. The smaller chunks of rock help break those up. I'd like to revisit this area at different times of day, to see what kinds of shadow patterns appear. </div>
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Here is a 9x12 field study of some reeds from the Salt River, in the Tonto national forest. With towering cliff walls surrounding the area, I decided to focus in on a more intimate scene...</div>
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In this sketch, the reed catching the most light is too close to the center. I made a mental note to fix that on the studio version. </div>
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Here's the 12x16 studio version. What I changed: </div>
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-I put more of an emphasis on the larger clump of reeds just to the right of center, and I pushed back the single reed a bit. </div>
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<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-54921574264512551672015-11-27T18:07:00.000-08:002015-11-27T18:07:31.861-08:00Palo Verde study <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Above is an 8x10 field study of a Palo Verde tree from the Lost Dutchman State Park. I painted this to use as a reference for future studio paintings. </div>
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Here is a detail from the studio painting. I referenced the plein air study in order to paint this one. I still think the plein air study turned out better, though.</div>
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Here is the full image of the studio piece. This painting measures 16x20 inches. </div>
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<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-62802244945051479442015-11-23T18:30:00.002-08:002015-11-23T18:30:39.183-08:00From Small Study to Large Studio Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
During my workshop at Scottsdale Artists School last week with Thomas Kitts, we were given an assignment to paint a simple color study: </div>
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Here is my 8x10 color study from Lost Dutchman State Park. The focus of this assignment was to use only two values for each subject: one value for the shadowed side, and one value for the light side. While the whole painting has about 4 values in it, each object should only have two. Any variations in one side are to be made with changes in color temperature or saturation. </div>
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I found this assignment really helpful in terms of composition and design.</div>
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After critiquing the study, we were instructed to create a larger studio painting from it. I chose to go with a 16x20 panel. </div>
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I lowered the horizontal line in the foreground, in order to make the mountain seem more massive. Because it was lowered, I added an extra bit of sky showing at the top, hinting at how jagged the top of the mountain is. I also extended the distant highlight into the central boulder, which I think helps break up the central space. </div>
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I also did a study of a palo verde in the field, which I referenced when painting the tree in the foreground. I'll post that study tomorrow. </div>
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<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-84337965534923279822015-11-21T07:16:00.001-08:002015-11-21T07:16:18.068-08:00Week in a Workshop This past week I've been really busy at a workshop with Thomas Jefferson Kitts <a href="http://www.thomaskitts.com/" target="_blank">(http://www.thomaskitts.com/)</a> at <a href="http://scottsdaleartschool.org/" target="_blank">Scottsdale Artists School</a>.<br />
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The workshop was an intensive 5 days of plein air sketching, and creating studio pieces from those sketches.<br />
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Here is my haul of paintings. I'll elaborate more about what I learned over the coming days...<br />
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<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-72104377590029339312015-11-16T20:25:00.003-08:002015-11-16T20:25:53.626-08:00Saturday Train Sketching <div style="text-align: center;">
My fiance <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">had an event out in Buckeye so we got to drive out there Saturday morning. Some scouts were cooking hot dogs to fund a camping trip, and the leader/grill master was kind enough to pose for a quick sketch. Then I managed to sneak off to paint in a train yard with gouache.</span></div>
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<i>"Coming or Going?" </i>Gouache and watercolor pencil on watercolor paper journal, 5x8 inches</div>
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<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-62354514931166750052015-11-08T18:47:00.001-08:002015-11-08T18:47:45.471-08:00Group Paint-Out in Papago Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I hosted a group Paint-Out with Arizona Plein Air Painters on Saturday. We met up first thing in the morning and most stayed until 11 or noon. It was great painting with so many enthusiastic people. </div>
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"First Light, Looking West" 5x9 inches, oil on canvas</div>
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"Back-Lit Palms" 6.5x9 inches, oil on canvas</div>
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<i>"Rexall Drugstore"</i> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Gouache on watercolor paper, 7x10 inches</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Downtown Florence, AZ has some cool old buildings. I visited on Friday morning and I have to say there is something to paint everywhere you look. I painted this old neon sign in gouache. Locals said the drugstore closed long ago. There used to be a soda fountain next door that burned down in the 50's. Now it's a parking lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I used a limited palette of Holbein gouache on a 6x9 cold press Arches watercolor block. The hanging wires were drawn in with a Prismacolor watercolor pencil. My palette was white, ultramarine blue, burnt sienna, and just a touch of lemon yellow and peacock (phthalo) blue. </span></div>
<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-19337243926796404792015-11-04T09:24:00.000-08:002015-11-04T09:24:08.662-08:00Monsoon in the Superstitions <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>"Monsoon in the Superstitions"</i> Oil on canvas, 6x6 inches.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: left;">On a side note, I've been kind of unhappy with the Senellier ultramarine blue deep. It has some sort of solvent smell to it (a number of their colors do), which I assume is some sort of dryer. In addition to that, it's not pure ultramarine (PB29). It has some dioxazine violet in the mix. I can add violet myself, if I want to. I don't want it pre-mixed in the tube because there is no way for me to take it out. I'm only using this color just so I can finish off a tube. I won't buy it again, that's for sure. </span></div>
<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-1643255664434313032015-11-03T08:05:00.002-08:002015-11-03T08:05:47.488-08:00Rocks and a Saguaro: A review of Gamblin's Warm White and Caucasian Flesh Tint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Between a Rock and a Hard Place" Oil on canvas, 6x6 inches</div>
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I tried out a different palette for this one. I have been hearing things about some landscape painters using Caucasian Flesh Tint from Gamblin, and I figured I would see what that's all about. I have always avoided pre-mixed "skin tones", preferring to mix everything myself, but this tube was given to me a while ago. So, rather than letting it collect dust I decided to try it out. </div>
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For my purposes, I see the Caucasian Flesh Tint as a convenience color, a useful starting point for some of the peachy rocks we get out here. I also found it useful for lightening up a green and lowering the intensity at the same time... good when you want to knock back a green in the distance to convey atmospheric perspective. </div>
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I also used Gamblin's "Warm White" in place of titanium white. This white is made from titanium with a touch of yellow in it. It's very subtle, but it works its way into every part of your painting and makes things seem a little bit warmer. I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about this color.</div>
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Here's my full palette:</div>
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Warm white (Gamblin), cadmium yellow light, cadmium yellow medium, Caucasian flesh tint (Gamblin), alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue deep (Senellier), cobalt blue, yellow-green (Utrecht)</div>
<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-14771330392745469252015-11-01T20:24:00.002-08:002015-11-01T20:24:34.824-08:00Halloween Plein Air<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is a 9x12 painted in Papago Park on Halloween morning. I was up near Hole-in-the-Rock, and this view is looking southwest. That's South Mountain in the distance. </div>
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Here is a little 6x6 studio piece I painted today. I referenced the sketch from yesterday for color/value. The mountain is illuminated just a little bit from the faint glow of the western sky. The full moon is rising behind the mountain, giving it a sort of greenish halo. </div>
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I'm enjoying the new possibilities in night painting. I'll definitely be exploring it more. </div>
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This evening I did a little night painting in east Mesa, overlooking the Superstition mountains. It was a great practice piece and I can't wait to do some night painting again. </div>
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My palette: Cadmium yellow light, yellow ochre, cadmium orange, alizarin crimson, dioxazine purple, ultramarine blue, viridian hue (Holbein), burnt umber</div>
<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433171442200094173.post-58255563880121856222015-10-26T21:21:00.006-07:002015-10-26T21:21:51.069-07:00Fall Still Life (Step-By-Step)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some step-by-step photos of this Fall still life from last week. I'll include a little commentary here and there. </div>
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My palette: Cadmium yellow light, yellow ochre, cadmium orange, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, viridian hue (Holbein), transparent oxide red (Rembrandt)</div>
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I started off by drawing in my composition with a reddish brown and a small #2 brush. Then I started blocking in the shadows. Paint at this stage is kept thin. </div>
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Once shadow shapes were established I started blocking in local colors. When I paint local colors, I tend to err on the slightly darker side. I'd rather have to lighten them up later than have to darken them instead. Too much white early on can make your painting look chalky. </div>
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I started getting some slightly thicker paint, defining the forms a bit more in the pumpkin and gourde. I was mainly focusing on the light areas. I'll get the shadowed sides a little later. </div>
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More definition. This time a little bit in the shadow side of the pumpkin.</div>
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Building up some of the reflected lights in the pumpkin. The orange tends to go cool in the highlights. They become kind of a pink color rather than getting very yellow. Cadmium red light and white work well for that.</div>
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Building up a little bit of definition on the gourde.</div>
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Corn progress 1: Start with a darker than usual local color, painted thinly. Make some guide marks for the rows of kernels.</div>
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Using a flat #4-#6, I placed some of the first marks, in varying shades of purple with a couple lighter tan colored marks. I was trying to keep the brush strokes following the curve of the corn cob,</div>
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More shapes of color. Some wider, some narrower. Trying to keep colors scattered and random looking.</div>
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Getting there...</div>
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Now the kernels can be defined a little bit. Some reflected light, shadow shapes, and a couple soft highlights finish it off. </div>
<br />Matt Sterbenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158911662207106106noreply@blogger.com0