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| Grand Tetons in the early morning with a partly cloudy sky and cool breezes |
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| Mt. Moran in the late afternoon |
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| Me trying very hard to get the right colors mixed! |
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| At the end of Lamar Valley in Yellowstone. |
Just back from a wonderful trip to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone! We went up for the last weekend of the Fall Arts Festival in Jackson, so much fun and energy flowing there for the arts! Camping and painting the gorgeous scenes all around us and of course lots of excitement with the wildlife too. Big Bull Moose staying in our campground so every morning was filled with taking photo's of them. We take this trip often but this is my first time to get to paint
En Plein Air in the Tetons and I must say it was intimidating looking up at the scene and knowing I had to get those shapes correct because they are the most photographed and painted mountains around. When I started my first painting of the Tetons it was early morning and cold...brrr, I was determined to give it a go anyway, I started my sketch, got it down, started painting, made a mess....wiped it off and started all over, the second try went better but I didn't have time to get the sky in because I was just shivering too much by then and ready for a HOT cup of coffee. In the late afternoon I was able to paint again, the gorgeous scene at Mt. Moran, this painting is my favorite of all of them that I did on the trip. After four days in the Tetons we moved up to Yellowstone and spent another four blissful days there.
A very inspiring trip with 2,850 photo's taken, thank God for digital cameras! Look for lots of art work to come featuring some of our greatest National Parks.
Have a great day!
