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Jan 23, 2015
Media: Oil Sketch on Ampersand Gesso Panel
With additional coat of Rublev Lead Primer
Size: 5x7 in
Back in mid-November I headed for the Oregon High
Desert, but I did not go straight there.
I had paintings to deliver and pick up down on the Oregon Coast, so time
was spent on that business before I could turn inland. After further deliveries were completed, I
dipped down into the Redwoods country of Northern California, which one must do
when travelling from the southern Oregon Coast, to the interior of Oregon. I spent some time visiting those massive
trees before moving on. I travelled up
the Middle Fork of the Smith River, mentally filing away possible future
paintings, and as it was late in the day looking for Forest roads that might
offer a campsite. At Gasquet California,
I found one, following its twists and turns and finally climbing more than 1500'
above the valley floor before choosing a site perched on the high slopes. Thanksgiving Day, being the next day I
intended to stay at least two nights here, and so did. I was up early the next morning and after a
quick breakfast began to paint the view east from my campsite. I never did determine exactly what peaks
those were in the distance, as the weather was on the turn, with cloud rapidly
coming in, and with high winds in the forecast.
After painting in the morning, I had a leisurely afternoon, and
preparing my Thanksgiving meal of smoked Salmon on a bed of cous-cous and
vegetables. It began to rain overnight. I had intended to stay on the forest road
high above the valley and follow it until it intersected the main highway, 30
miles or so down the road. The rain made
that un appealing since I would be lost in the cloud with little to view, and as
I was wanting to get as far inland as I could before the high winds began near
the coast, I dropped down the mountainside to the main highway and on to
southern Oregon. I eventually reached
the Crater Lake area and decided on a campsite 17 miles down the mountain from
the Crater rim. Pigments used for the
Oil Sketch are the usual suspects: Imprimatura
Venetian Red; Others were Rublev Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, Italian Burnt Sienna;
Winsor & Newton Cobalt & Cerulean Blues, Venetian Red and Cremnitz
White. There ... the tech-heads amongst
you are now satisfied, I trust. For
further about this Winter Camping photos and painting journey, I refer you to
my Blog: www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
Back in mid-November I headed for the Oregon High
Desert, but I did not go straight there.
I had paintings to deliver and pick up down on the Oregon Coast, so time
was spent on that business before I could turn inland. After further deliveries were completed, I
dipped down into the Redwoods country of Northern California, which one must do
when travelling from the southern Oregon Coast, to the interior of Oregon. I spent some time visiting those massive
trees before moving on. I travelled up
the Middle Fork of the Smith River, mentally filing away possible future
paintings, and as it was late in the day looking for Forest roads that might
offer a campsite. At Gasquet California,
I found one, following its twists and turns and finally climbing more than 1500'
above the valley floor before choosing a site perched on the high slopes. Thanksgiving Day, being the next day I
intended to stay at least two nights here, and so did. I was up early the next morning and after a
quick breakfast began to paint the view east from my campsite. I never did determine exactly what peaks
those were in the distance, as the weather was on the turn, with cloud rapidly
coming in, and with high winds in the forecast.
After painting in the morning, I had a leisurely afternoon, and
preparing my Thanksgiving meal of smoked Salmon on a bed of cous-cous and
vegetables. It began to rain overnight. I had intended to stay on the forest road
high above the valley and follow it until it intersected the main highway, 30
miles or so down the road. The rain made
that un appealing since I would be lost in the cloud with little to view, and as
I was wanting to get as far inland as I could before the high winds began near
the coast, I dropped down the mountainside to the main highway and on to
southern Oregon. I eventually reached
the Crater Lake area and decided on a campsite 17 miles down the mountain from
the Crater rim. Pigments used for the
Oil Sketch are the usual suspects: Imprimatura
Venetian Red; Others were Rublev Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, Italian Burnt Sienna;
Winsor & Newton Cobalt & Cerulean Blues, Venetian Red and Cremnitz
White. There ... the tech-heads amongst
you are now satisfied, I trust. For
further about this Winter Camping photos and painting journey, I refer you to
my Blog: www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
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