LaGrange Road, Virgin Islands

"LaGrange Road" - St. Croix

9 x 12 acrylic on canvas

Available through DPW gallery/auction

The Virtual Paintout is back!!!

I am happy, no thrilled, that the VPO monthly challenge is active again. It was one of my favorite challenges! For those of you not familiar with VPO - it is a monthly challenge using Google street maps to explore & paint from. Each month, a new location is chosen by Bill (VPO admin). As artists, we roam the location, traveling up/down streets. Choosing a location can be difficult - some areas, like this month's Virgin Islands, offers so many options! 

Here are the links for the Virtual Paintout:

Blog: https://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com/2018/08/us-virgin-islands-august-2018.html

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Virtual-Paintout-233032153029/

And here is the link to the original Google maps location for this:

https://goo.gl/maps/biXc4EmALom

This painting coincides with my recent "finding" of a landscape artist on youTube. Love watching his videos - instructive & interesting. Although he paints in oils, I was able to adapt some of this techniques to work with acrylics. I've given the link to one of his video's - check him out. 

Link to one of the youtube videos of artist Michael James Smith:

https://youtu.be/WiusYMyI3aQ