This is a study of a scene that I gazed upon daily from my living room window years ago when I lived in Chileno Valley. I may do a larger, more fleshed out version in oil. It was a magical place not only because of the beautiful contours of the terrain, but being so close to the coast often gave the atmosphere a mystical quality.
This is a study of a scene I pass by often while walking my dog along the Lynch Creek Trail in eastern Petaluma. It is a study of the particular light that hits these hills at dusk, creating beautiful grays, with an intense strip of sun glow at the top of the hills. I had a difficult time getting the values that I wanted, mostly because I was using ivory black in my color mixes to dull the colors down a bit, which tends to darken as it dries. If I paint this scene again, I will do it in oil, not acrylic. That'll solve that problem!
