Friday, May 30, 2008

The Painted Hills


Everyday in May #30. One more to go. This is a view of The Painted Hills at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in eastern Oregon. Prismacolor pencils.

10 comments:

Teri said...

Pretty with lots of depth in it.
Congrats on getting through the month with daily sketches. I can't always write but I see them (bloglines and dial-up)

Margaret McCarthy Hunt said...

wow this is soo interesting....like the stripes...is it strata? and the colors...great job

The Word Illustrated said...

Hi Alan
This is just beautiful! I love the yellows with the cracks and the point of view is striking also

Unknown said...

Hey Alan~Thanks for the comment. You do use colored pencils very well. You have given me inspiration.

Laura Frankstone said...

Alan, this is wonderful---there's lots of gusto and drama in the composition. I love the colors you've chosen, too. I've always found it hard to convey deep space or large objects with colored pencils, but you've done both beautifully!

Sue said...

Fantastic! You have quite a knack with colored pencils.

Ann said...

I have enjoyed seeing all of your drawings for May, but this one might be my favorite. Great color and composition - nicely done!

Alan said...

This area of Oregon is very interesting with it's colorful hills and different colors of rock strata.

Anonymous said...

This is cool.

Anetka said...

that's beautiful Alan!