A Big Drop Today in Gold (Sunset, Thursday, 16 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, A BIG DROP TODAY IN GOLD (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Broken Shell (Sunset, Wednesday, 15 June 2011)

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

Along the Coast (Sunset, Tuesday, 14 June 2011)

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

The view is my usual one, only sighting just above the Blue Ridge; the coast here is the border area between day and night.

North Toward the Solstice (Sunset, Monday, 13 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, NORTH TOWARD THE SOLSTICE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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.