The Outside Shore
Demonstration - Around The Bend

This demonstration follows an 18"x24" plein air pastel painting from start to finish, using the big-to-small approach.

The painting was started and mostly completed late on a mid-August afternoon, on location at Anderson Park near my home in Colorado. The park is one of several alongside Clear Creek where it meanders through Wheat Ridge, and I have painted in this area often (see Along Clear Creek, Not Spring Yet, Beaver Pond, A Quiet Reading Spot, and Late Spring Runoff At Prospect Park). The scene I chose was along the north bank of Clear Creek, looking west as the creek curves left around a bend. The picture here shows how the scene appeared when I started the painting.