Montaña means Mountain in Spanish. This mountain range, The Absarokas, is a name referring to the Crow Nation, or "Apsaalooke" in their own Siouan language and more specifically means "children of the large-beaked bird".
4: the finished painting
I definitely didn't labor over this little painting. The color tone of the foreground grass helped me to quickly establish all the other colors. This painting has been sold.
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| ABSOROKA RANGE, original 7x9" oil painting by puci |
3: creating the pre-painting composition (using Adobe Photoshop)
Although I don't have a pre-painting composition because the painting was done "en plein air" (in the open air), I do have a photo I took of the scene I painted. (I was seated at a picnic table looking south.) A good-natured passerby stepped into my line of view as I was painting, took a funny stance and said "painting bomb". We laughed.
2: capturing the selected image
This is a Google Street View taken near the painting site, Sacajawea Park in Livingston Montana.
1: planning the destination
We recently moved to beautiful Southwest Montana, and I took part in an annual outdoor painting event. In this post, I'd like to share a bit of the experience with you.
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