If you passed through Oregon or Washington this summer, you might have seen the smoke clouds from the wildfires. They grayed out the sky for a few days, depending on location. Portland was fogged over for a bit; middle Oregon was too.
This is out in the middle of Oregon, in the surrounding country around the Smith Rock park. This gouache painting is based off one of the photos I took, looking out from a hilltop across a hazy countryside, populated with skeletal trees, and with a hint of burning firewood in my nose from the constant smoke.
It was almost apocalyptic in feeling. While I don't know if that quite made it into the painting, working with gouache is getting easier, bit by bit.
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| The reference photo. |
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