The one about the halo around the sun

Sunset VII March 15, 2014 Oil on canvas

As the sun was approaching the horizon - or we turned away from the sun if you will, see reference to Mr. Fullerton below - I used titanium white over a French ultramarine underpainting and mixed cerulean and French ultramarine back into the glaze. The same brush was used for this painting, a restriction I made work but an unnecessary  imposition, as my students know I feel. Alizarin crimson was painted on the horizon to describe how the trees catch the sunlight as it blazes in the sky on a clear late afternoon.

The halo around the sun

Tomorrow snow is forecast. Sitting outside this morning Helén and I watched the clouds change from cirrus - horsehair or wispy white, high and transparent clouds to cirrostratus. The ring or halo around the sun that appeared while we were outside was an indication that the atmosphere was changing. As the saying goes "A ring around the sun or moon brings rain or snow upon you soon." Our image from this morning below, for more check out EarthSky.org. Thanks to my meteorology teacher Larry Fullerton for encouraging me to learn about cloud types and for keeping my perspective heliocentric.

Moisture filling the sky, snow soon, as read in the clouds over Worton, March 16, 2014