Wednesday

I finished off the three 16x16 studies from Salt lake City. Now I really shouldn't say that because something will pop up that I feel needs to be changed!  Seems to be with the crit session they will find some small error that needs to be fixed.  This one is a view down South Temple Street looking west.

This next one is a view looking down Main Street, just before the two with the umbrella are hit ! Now actually the train was stopped at the station :-)

The last one is looking up State Street at the Capitol building. I took this shot from the middle of the road. I like that they all seem to have that twilight look to them with the purples and pinks

This Saturday I'll be going off to Sweden with my daughter to visit our son working at a ski resort near the Norwegian boarder. It should be a fun time and I'm looking forward to some skiing over there. I went l;last Sunday up to Brighton with my son who skied us under the table as they say. We seemed to be always behind in his trail of dust!

Richard Boyer

Thursday

I decided to try some medium sized studies over the last couple of days, each one here is a 16x16.

We had a rainy Sunday afternoon, so I went downtown and started shooting with the camera. Trying to capture the wet streets and reflections as best I could. This one needs help, it might be just too blue. we have the crit session tonight so I can throw them at the group and get some feedback.

This one is a view up State Street with the capitol building in the background.

This one I seem the happiest with, its a view down South Temple with the old Hotel Utah on the right..  These all need some work, so tomorrow after the input I'll work some more on them. See if I can bring them to life. I've ordered some black frames for them which will set off the colors better.

Its time now to do some home repair. I guess at the last wind storm we had some of the white rubber roofing pad blew up underneath the back porch. So I need to clean it off and re-caulk it down. I'll do the classic southern European trick and put some bricks on the end so the wind won't lift it up again.

Richard Boyer

Thursday

Today I worked on the right side shadow area and brought up some of the values and definition in the buildings. The vehicles I worked on a bit as well.  I still need some figures on that side, maybe one or two standing by the foreground cars.  As for the left side in the light...well I haven't made up my mind yet. Whatever I do it needs to be simple so the eye isn't pulled over there.

Right now I'm burnt out from painting and heading up to the mountains to do some track skiing at Round Valley. Its sunny and warm out , just what I need

Richard Boyer

Wednesday

I finished off this one. well then again is it ever finished.. The waves I changed about a little and worked on the foreground water. The city itself I gave some more detail to, defining a few of the buildings and roads. So now its in the corner as I work on a new piece. I figure I can bring it to the next crit session and get some feedback.  Maybe after a few weeks I can call it done and start working on the frame.

This 36x36 I started a few days ago. The subject is San Francisco again in the noonday light. I'm trying to keep much of it in shadow to play up some compositional elements. There is a nice rule if you can keep either two thirds of the painting in light or shadow it will help make for a better design. I still have a lot to do with the shadow area, adding hints of color and detail.  Once I get the damn architecture nailed in I can have a little fun with the brush strokes. Right now I am working on getting the perspective accurate, which is not easy.

Richard Boyer