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Did two same proportion works the last two weeks. One was 5x10 to fit a frame I had, the other is 12x24, one of my largest outdoor works. Managed to only need a few touchups to completion so a hard working morning on that one,
Top is a view from Honl's beach, right in town, looking south. The larger one on the bottom is a view of Kahaluu Beach, a great snorkeling spot, also in town. I've done this scene before but since then they replaced a nice orange lifeguard tower with a plain white one. The orange was much better as a complementary color against all the green and blue.
Here are two 8x10's done at the Old Kona Airport. There is a long rocky beach with a little cove at the end where folks snorkle and sunbath.
I picked up a couple of 6x18 canvases at Target so took these out to paint on the last two weeks. May need a few more touchups but almost there. First is Kona Inn view north, downtown Kona. Other one is Kaloko Ponds north of Kona where there is a long rock wall being repaired to block off the pond.
When we paint away from the beaches, I like to try out scenes with buildings.There are many old store buildings and churches to choose from. For this one I set up across the street from an old church and painted from the shoulder of the road as cars whizzed by on the highway, a two land road. At times someone driving from behind me could see the painting coming along and would make a favorable comment. Nothing like drive-by critiques. LOL. I like to put in the roads to give a feel of the modern road against the old buildings.
Have been painting locally on Fridays so lots of rocks and water. Here a few of the latest works. All are 8x10 and painted on site.
-The top work is another City of Refuge scene looking across the bay.
-Next is the rock wall in the distance at Kaloko Ponds, a fish pond damaged by the Tsunami a few years ago, which is under repair now.
-Third down is a rock formation at Magic Sands Beach, a historic remnant.
-Last is a footpath and trees across from the Keauhou Store. I had painted three versions of the store for a fundraiser for restoration of their flagpole, and sold two of the
works.
We painted at the City of Refuge Friday, also known as Puuhonau O Honauau National Historical Park. There are numerous ancient rock walls and old settlement remains on a trail in the park. Here is a view across the bay at the park. Surf always seems to pick up as we paint so I added the waves against the rocks.
We painted south of Kona Friday, at Ho'okena Beach, where I'd never been before. There were dramatic cliffs in the distance so I figured I'd go full acid color. LOL. Limited my palette a little, to 8 colors, and yet produced one of my most colorful scenes. Tried 3 colors last week but blue, orange, and white don't produce any greens so didn't work well to paint trees here in Hawaii. Here I used 2 blues (phthalo and ultramarine), yellow, red, purple, orange, burnt umber for a dark, and white.
