Thunder Inc. (Sunset, Sunday, 3 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THUNDER INC. (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

A Cloudy Blue Sky (Sunset, Sunday, 26 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, A CLOUDY BLUE SKY (Sunset/Twilight from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The sky was all shades of gray, with scattered rain. I decided to render most of the gray clouds as shades of blue, and turned the mountains from pale blue to gray.

Rain and Shine (Sunset, Sunday, 12 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, RAIN AND SHINE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The Rain Kings (Sunset, Saturday, 11 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THE RAIN KINGS (Sunset from Belmont, Charlottesville, Va.), oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Just before having dinner at the house of friends in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlottesville, I walked up and down the block sketching the sunset and the oncoming wall of clouds. Within 40 minutes we were enjoying a wonderful downpour with our meal.

I’ve just completed notes on my Tabula Rosa series.

Orphan Between Storms (Sunset, Friday, 27 May 2011)

William Van Doren, ORPHAN BETWEEN STORMS (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Aquarium/Terrarium (Sunset, Tuesday, 17 May 2011)

William Van Doren, AQUARIUM/TERRARIUM (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.