I found this location this past winter when I went hiking with my mom when she came out to visit. The location is in the Cleveland National Forest. The Black Star Ranch has been around since the early 20's.
I set up on the lower part of the road which leads to the ranch. The road was quite steep and the wind gusting up the canyon was very strong. My set up and painting probably tipped over about 8 times and this is with me holding the painting as I painted. Every time I stopped to take a picture it blew over.
Here is the start of the painting. I used water colors on Wallis sanded paper. I used a big brush and tried to get the basic composition down.
Here is the completed underpainting.
I changed the lines of the hills on the left because I thought it made a better painting by doing it that way.
In this shot I have started adding more detail to the composition.
In this painting I edited a lot of details out because of the time constraints I put on myself. This painting took about 2 and a half hours start to finish.
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