Shiprock

Wednesday, Yesterday, I painted this Shiprock painting. Shiprock is an amazing sight, so huge. It just rises up out of the plain and is visable for many miles. This is one of my favorite views from the highway near the Colorado border looking south from a distance of at least 25 miles. I hope to do some more paintings of it. I would very much like to do a plein air. Maybe this summer??

This paintng is 8 x 10 inches on sand colored Ampersand Pastelbord. I like this surface very much. You can use a wet underpainting with water or alcohol and you can wash it off and start over. The only drawback is since it is on board you can get dents on the surface or scratches. Sometimes they are not noticeable until you start painting. The company is in Austin, Click here, and if you want, you can special order large sizes. Other art stores usually carry the 5 x 7, 8 x 10, 11 x 14 and 16 x 20 inch sizes. It comes in several colors, a grey, green and sand. Ampersand makes all kinds of art panels and offers some samples.

Today, I'm not painting. It is the last Austin Pastel Society meeting in Austin for the summer. I will go to Austin and do some shopping (I need some sky blue to finish the Ladrones painting and some other supplies for my show in Magdalena, NM) and meet Regina at the meeting. Regina and I try to do some art related thing once a month. We try to get together to paint, but sometimes it just doesn't work. It is always inspiring to work together.

I'm trying to get computer work, brochures, cards, etc. done today. Never enough time.... (Speaking of time, I am editing and posting this again at this late hour for clarification. As Gene says, "If you don't have time to do it right, what makes you think you have time to do it over? Arghhhh.)

Later,
Jo