Rumble Jumble – Sunset, Monday, 17 June 2013

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

Thunder, some rain, and a little bit of everything at sunset, including a fragment of rainbow almost directly overhead.

Prelude to a Slow Rain – Sunset, Sunday, 16 June 2013

William Van Doren, PRELUDE TO A SLOW RAIN. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Brights and Flats – Sunset, Saturday, 15 June 2013

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

Big Love – Sunset, Friday, 14 June 2013

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

Post-Rain Rain Post – Sunset, Thursday, 13 June 2013

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

After storms (which knocked out internet until today), raining again at sunset.

Big Joe Made Me Do It – Sunset, Wednesday, 12 June 2013

William Van Doren, BIG JOE MADE ME DO IT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Started with a series of “washes” that I’d read were employed by J.M.W. Turner. In fact, for proper application of the technique this would have to be either watercolor or a type of oil painting in which separate glazes had time to dry, but ... tried it anyhow, just to see what would happen.