Sunset Columbia River Gorge (plein air)

12X9 oil on board. From Vista House (Crown Point State Park) looking west towards Portland, OR up the Columbia River Gorge. This shows rather darkly on this monitor at the B&B on my recent trip to SFO. Looks fine on my home monitor though. New photos to come...sometime... maybe after getting a color monitor calibrator. Anybody use one of those?

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Albums: Plein air pièces, Mastering Sunsets
Location: Portland, Oregon and nearby (Show Map)

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Comment by Jan Flynn on September 30, 2013 at 11:50: Gosh, thought I made a comment here yesterday, but I must have not hit "add comment." Yes, Ro it was painting fast...no expectations...just go for it. Nice tip on the timeline Stu! Thanks for the likes everyone. :D

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on September 28, 2013 at 4:14: Ro, a good way to calculate how much time you have to paint outdoors near sunset is to hold up your hand at arms length with your fingers bent at 90 degrees and your index finger right at the bottom of the sun to measure the distance of the sun from the horizon. You have 15 minutes for each finger or an hour for the hand (as long as you still have 4 fingers on it -- woodworker joke!). I got this from Larry Seiler an avid plein air painter and instructor. Stu

Comment by Roena King on September 28, 2013 at 4:07: Nicely done en plein air. I have not tried that time of the day yet. Bet you had to move fast to capture it before the light went away. smile

Comment by Montalvo on September 26, 2013 at 18:54: Like the sky colors and how its reflected back on the water.

Comment by Jan Flynn on September 24, 2013 at 15:38: Thank you Christine and Mary and everyone. I appreciate comments and also welcome suggestions. The photo looks a little dark on the computer where I was staying in San Francisco this past weekend. Need to figure this one out....maybe trying Stuart's suggestion with the white paper and color balance to white. Ah well...it is what it is...I enjoy being a part of this painting community.

Do you think we will be doing another sunset next month? I'll be gone for 2 wks, but hope I can participate some in the workshop.

Comment by Christine Lewis on September 24, 2013 at 14:53: Beautiful. ..one of my favorite s!

Comment by Mary Wykes on September 19, 2013 at 15:22: Very cool that you had the opportunity to apply these lessons in a plein air setting! Really wonderful painting

Comment by Jan Flynn on September 10, 2013 at 16:10: Yes, the Columbia River Gorge is a beauty! The sunrises are lovely too but you have to get up so early to catch them in the summer...now it's a little later. Thank you for you nice comments Silvana, Stu & Linda.