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Artist Painting a Train


      As a child, I remember many hours helping my dad with his model trains. He built a large display in the basement and loved to add buildings, trees and other details to the scene. Many wonderful hours where spent playing with those trains. With that motivating me, I was looking forward to painting at Travel Town, a graveyard of old trains and engines in Griffith Park. I met up with a group of painters from a club called Artists of the Canyon for the paint out.

      I had a great time walking around, trying to decide what to paint and eventually settled on this smaller engine off to the side. I wanted to recreate the energy of this engine from its heyday so, I decided to paint it from the front, just as it is going to pass by. I could almost feel the gust of air it would kick up. 

      Perhaps your dad is a train enthusiast too. If you think he would enjoy having this plein air painting contact me through my website at www.sharonweaver.com or click on "Iron Horse."

3 Responses to Artist Painting a Train

Ruth Housley
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Hi Sharon,
I have thought about painting a train from the front view also but never have put it on canvas as of yet. Keep Painting.
Ruth

Marsha Robinett
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Sharon,
I really like this painting. My father worked for the rail road so riding the train was something I was familiar with as a child. Yes, you can 'feel' the woosh of air as the train passes (and smell the smoke too!).

Well done. I look forward to more like this.

Thanks for sharing.

Sharon Weaver
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Thank you both. Painting this was great fun and took me back to remembering my dad. Good stuff.









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