My Travel Paintings - Stanislaus National Forest Farmland

Barn with Wildflowers and Tall Evergreens. On the original image I posted here on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/14723335@N05/36382390583/in/album-7...) I mentioned one image in particular where I got the idea for this setting with the wildflowers and barn. While it was an overcast day on that drive through the Stanislaus National Forest on my way to the Hetch Hetchy part of Yosemite National Park. I definitely had to stop to see this...and yes, capture a few images!

As for the digital painting, I had a chance to practice on a few techniques i've been working on the past few weeks since watching some Bob Ross videos on YouTube. A few things I'd note here was the use of a rake brush for both the grass portion as well as with the trees. And even in that area, I had to change some settings like to use a Blend Mode with the grasses as I changed the hues with greens and yellows. With the trees, I didn't like the look that produced, so I continued with a Normal Blend. I also made adjustments to the brush tip and angle, using a Kyleâs Rakes - Zen Grind brush. Another things was to change the hues and shades from one group of trees to another to make the trees not look the same as well as hopefully adding a sense of depth. While the original image I captured didn't have as many wildflowers, I kind of got on a roll with one patch and liked that look. It was then just a matter of making a pattern that might look natural with patches here and there. I also added a differing set of colors with the wildflowers throughout the grassy field. The last area was my continuing work in painting clouds with a acrylic brush. I found with a Blend Mode it brought out a better look as I worked one color to another. Still some work needed but I felt a more natural look. The skies were definitely not blue that day so I practiced my use of adding a watercolor brush for a added feel to the skies: more purple hue to indicate a darkening look while the upper portion had more greens and yellows to show the sunlight still present.

In the left foreground of the painting, you'll find that stick figure image of me "hiking" with my Cubbies hat, loving my time exploring California and the beautiful forest in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite area :-)

Taken in: United States / California / Tuolumne (show map)

Taken on: September 4, 2018

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Along Evergreen Road

Day 6

Fence

Fenceline

Flickr Idea

Grassy Meadow

Hillside of Trees

Ideas I Got From Others

Looking East

National Forest

Nature

Old Farmhouse

Old Fence

Outside

Stanislaus

Stanislaus National Forest

Trees

Trip to Paso Robles and Yosemite

Wildflowers

Wooden Fence

Barn

Old Barn

Fenceposts

Azimuth 89

Digital Painting

Adobe Draw

Adobe Illustrator Draw

iPad

Art&Digital

iPad Pro Drawing

Apple Pencil

Blue Skies

Blue Skies with Clouds

Partly Cloudy

Evergreen

Evergreen Trees

Tall Trees

Tall Trees All Around

California

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Sets appears in: • Digital Paintings & Sketches • Paso Robles & Yosemite National Park

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