April Rock Show
Our field trip took us to Idaho Falls this week. Although the morning was filled with us attending the Gem and mineral show our afternoon was spent painting. The Idaho Falls, falls, cascade over dark basalt boulders right through the middle of town. We set up on the West side of the falls with the sun just over our right shoulder. Both Kara and I painted in oil on 8X 10 boards.
It is one of the first really nice days this spring and the green belt is teeming with people taking advantage of the river side walk. Although it is a little distracting, I am always happy to talk to anyone who walks up and asks questions. The time spent painting was about equal to the time spent visiting and I feel that creating a little excitement for plien air painting is well worth the time.
Over all I am happy with our paintings. It is a difficult to paint falls which need the highlights for the stone and the white water but also needs the contrast of dark water and black stones. I feel Kara’s success was creating a lichen texture on her rocks, and my strength in this painting was creating a sense of motion in the falls.