Twilight at Sardis – Sunset/Twilight, Saturday, 21 September 2013

William Van Doren, TWILIGHT AT SARDIS. Sunset from Sardis, Amherst County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Not Sardi’s, the venerable New York restaurant (where I was required to take authors to lunch, as a literary agency editor). Sardis, Virginia, west of Amherst, in the rain. Shady Mountain’s two peaks at left and center, the ridge of Gum Mountain on the right.

Mostly Cloudy – Sunset, Friday, 20 September 2013

William Van Doren, MOSTLY CLOUDY. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Hide and Go Seek – Sunset, Thursday, 19 September 2013

William Van Doren, HIDE AND GO SEEK. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Title from the amazing “God and Man” by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, which can be heard in its entirety on grooveshark.

Casserole Deconstructed – Sunset, Wednesday, 18 September 2013

William Van Doren, CASSEROLE DECONSTRUCTED. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

SXSW – Sunset/Twilight, Tuesday, 17 September 2013

William Van Doren, SXSW. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Twilight again, this time looking south (by southwest) from the sunset.

Color Doesn’t Give Up Easily – Sunset/Twilight, Monday, 16 September 2013

William Van Doren, COLOR DOESN’T GIVE UP EASILY. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

About 25 minutes after sunset. This was the third night in the last four that I made several sketches of the sunset, then threw them all out because of the twilight.