Desert Longhorn

This is a little 6x8 oil I just finished. I have been trying to get various effects of light with thin washes of paint. Sometimes I use that in just a portion of the painting contrasting the effect with heavier applications of paint on the main subject such as in the last painting I posted. This painting however is nearly all washes. Through the use of this technique and the warm/hot colors I was able to achieve the effect of a hot sunny afternoon out on an open desert landscape. The silhouette of the longhorn steer and the ground are rather sketchy and blurry helping to develope the effect of light.

This painting has SOLD. Thanks Mark!!