The Rain Won't Stop

© Robin Edmundson, 'The Rain Won't Stop', watercolor, 10 x 14 inches. 

This is a for-fun piece I did recently after days and days of rain.  The rivulets in the fields were a lovely contrast to the misty sky and trees.   The cows stayed on higher ground and the creeks filled up with muddy water.    Very Indiana.

Three Red Cows

© Robin Edmundson, 'Three red cows', watercolor, framed 18 x 22 inches.   $350.

I think a lot about limited palette studies.   Choose just a few colors and use only those for the whole painting.   It's easy for winter studies, not so easy for summer studies.   For this one I chose Azo Green, Indigo and Pyrrol Orange.   Basically a red/yellow/blue.   As I was contemplating the composition, I knew the cows had to be red so red they are.

It was fun to really look at cows to paint them.   What I usually see in the fields nearby are big black blobs with tails.  Then there was that one time when the neighbor's cow escaped into one of our fields close to the house.  I looked out and saw what I was sure was a dinosaur passing between the trees.  [I'm a sheep person, not a cow person]  Of course that might have had something to do with having just seen all of the Jurassic Park movies.   [#1 and #4 are my faves]

At any rate, since I am not a cow person, I had to really look at cows for the first time.   One of the things I love about painting is that it forces me not to just see something, but to really look at it.

Fall Grazing

© Robin Edmundson, 'Fall grazing',watercolor, framed 18 x 22 inches.  $350

This one is done.  Thanks to the comments I have a good title for it.   [Thanks, Annie!]

Here is the previous version if you'd like to compare the two.

What a difference a few shadows make!

This One Needs a Title

© Robin Edmundson, 'October, cows in hayfield',  18 x 22 inches framed.

Once in a while, I fall in love with a piece while I'm working on it. I fell in love with this one. Something about the clouds and the trees.  It's not done yet.  I need to darken the bottoms of the trees and shadows and add more depth to the clouds, but it's almost there.

Right now I'm calling it, 'October, cows in hayfield'.  Wolf Khan is nodding in agreement, but I'm thinking it deserves a better name.

I'm taking suggestions.   Leave them in the comments.



[Come see it in person at the show.]

The Cows at the End of the Road

These are the cows at the end of the road, where we turn around and head back home on our daily walk.   There are a bunch of calves with them now and while we watched a dozen or so decided to play a game of tag.  They chased each other around for a while while the adults just watched.  

I moo-ed a loud greeting.   They ignored me. 

View at the End of the Road

This is the view at the very end of our walk, where we turn around and head back home.   I like to moo a loud greeting to the cows.

They ignore me.

Cows in Grass

Some cows just look smart.  



See the one in the middle? 

I think she was plotting something. 

She did not appreciate it when I hollered, 'Moooo' so she'd look at us while K2 took the picture. 

Neither did K2.