Mountain Meadow

Mountain Meadow

November 2018

Krita Digital Art

This is my second picture using the Krita program. Drawing with the mouse is a little bit tricky, but I am learning and having a good time. I hope everyone enjoys these pictures.

Lake at Dusk

Lake at Dusk

October 2018

Krita Digital Art

This is the first complete project using the Krita digital art program. I used the watercolor brushes they have available. I think it is neat that you can create these effects on a computer. My favorite part is creating colorful skies.

Digital Art with Krita

Sunflowers

Watercolor

I found a cool computer program called Krita to do digital art with. It has a lot of capability and I’m looking forward to learning how to use it. There are a lot of cool brushes that you can use. I am excited to use the program because you can make art that looks like a painting. I am going to try the watercolor brushes and some brushes that look like oil paint. I am excited that I can do this on the computer because I haven’t been able to do projects that look like paintings for a long time. I don’t have the hand movement to paint and haven’t for years. I have posted a couple of pictures that I created while just trying some things out. Hopefully I can create some nice projects.

Cliffs of Zion

Cliffs of Zion
By: Russell Taylor
September 18, 2018
Prismacolor Colored Pencil
Taken from Photograph of Zion National Park by Shawn Taylor July 2013

This is the first completed drawing in a series of the National Parks that I have been to. I have already done a drawing of Mount Rainier National Park in my Cascade volcanoes series, so the series includes all the other national parks I have visited. I have started with Zion National Park. I will follow with Bryce Canyon National Park, Redwood, Yellowstone, and finally Olympic. I am excited about these drawings. They will all be from family photographs with the exception of Yellowstone. This drawing of Zion National Park is from a photograph taken by my brother on a family trip in 2013. I really like how the contrast between the sky and the cliff turned out. I am used to drawing using mostly greens and blues because most of my drawings are from the Pacific Northwest. These desert colors gave me a new challenge. I did a lot of layering to get the correct colors. I am pleased with how it turned out.

Cascade Volcanoes

Wildflowers with Mount Saint Helens Beyond

By: Russell Taylor

April 2017

Prismacolor Colored Pencil

Taken from Photograph “Mount St. Helens and Paintbrush," Copyright Don Geyer, www.mountainscenes.com

Takhlakh Lake in Shadow of Mount Adams

By: Russell Taylor

November 20, 2017

Prismacolor Colored Pencil

Taken from Photograph of Mt. Adams at Takhlakh Lake, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington, by Shawn Taylor August 2007

Bridge in Paradise Meadows

By: Russell Taylor

March 10, 2018

Prismacolor Colored Pencil

Taken from Photograph of Mt. Rainier at Paradise Mt. Rainier National Park by Craig Taylor August 2006

Blue Sky Over Mt. Baker

By: Russell Taylor

June 11, 2018

Prismacolor Colored Pencil

Taken from Photograph “Mt. Baker from Skyline Divide" Copyright Don Geyer, www.mountainscenes.com

Blue Sky Over Mt. Baker

Blue Sky Over Mt. Baker

By: Russell Taylor

June 11, 2018

Prismacolor Colored Pencil

Taken from Photograph “Mt. Baker from Skyline Divide" Copyright Don Geyer, www.mountainscenes.com

This is the final installment of my Cascade volcanoes project. It was a really fun project to draw the four main Cascade volcanoes. I worked really hard on this project and because I was so diligent in working on it I was able to finish it in three months instead of the six months that it usually takes me. I think it turned out great.

Bridge in Paradise Meadows

Bridge in Paradise Meadows

By: Russell Taylor

March 10, 2018

Prismacolor Colored Pencil

Taken from Photograph of Mt. Rainier at Paradise, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington by Craig Taylor August 2006

This is the third installment in my Cascade volcanoes project. I was worried about how all the dark shallows would turn out, but it ended up working out great. After I finish my Mount Baker picture, which is next, I plan to get a frame with four openings and group all the Cascade volcano drawings together. I am really happy with this drawing.