One Last Move (Sunset, Tuesday, 23 November 2010)

William Van Doren, ONE LAST MOVE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The sky had been going through variations all afternoon – in gray, silver, white, green and blue. Then, after sunset, this.

Early Dark (Sunset, Tuesday, 16 November 2010)

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

Lifting (Sunset, Thursday, 30 September 2010)

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

At sunset the rain seemed to be ending (it has since started up again) and clouds overhead turned a strange shade of brown against a strong silver light.

Rain Over Piney Mountain (Sunset, Wednesday, 29 September 2010)

William Van Doren, RAIN OVER PINEY MOUNTAIN (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Since there are many mountains by this name I should say that this is the one near Advance Mills, a few miles from the east wall of the Blue Ridge. Although it’s a small mountain, its solitary position makes it seem quite prominent. At sunset it was perhaps 75 percent covered by rain clouds.

Rain Caverns (Sunset, Monday, 27 September 2010)

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

Twitter Essay

The Effect of Rain on Color.