Tee Pee #4 13"x24" on Uart 500
My bother-in-law and sister-in-law, who have a home in Big Sky MT, asked me to do another painting for them. I had done 3 14"x14" individual tee pee paintings previously.
3 previous paintings
They enjoyed them so much and had room for another painting on the wall. It had to be a particular size to fit into the space, so it had to be 13"x24"- this is the largest painting for me so far! Bill wanted a village this time! I wanted to paint them a beautiful MT sky. With out any trips planned to MT, I had to resort to the internet and came up with 4-5 photos that were from the area they live.
I usually paint from my own photos, so I decided to use elements from each of the photos to make the painting more of my own. It was a challenge! I went to my favorite paper, Uart 500. Because of the size, I mounted it on 4ply perfect mount, toned the whole paper with ArtGraf viarco an alcohol, then drew in the basic shapes.
From here, you can see the progression - it took many layers of pastel and several days to finish. I really wanted the painting to be about the beautiful MT skies and kept the tee pee's very simple and nestled into the plains .
progressions
Here are two detail photos. I have not given them the painting yet, but I hope they will be happy with the outcome!
