Painting the ski hill with oil paints

I finally faced my fears and used the oil paints I got as a gift a year ago. Absolutely amazing, and far better than acrylics! I haven’t painted in ages and the colors, working with oil, getting high from all the fumes (ha, kidding)–loved it.

For this painting, I really wanted something in my living room that was winter/ski themed, and my husband LOVES ski maps, and we can just barely see a little corner of the Pajarito Townsite Tun if you stand in a specific spot in our living room sorta (haha)–so this concept was perfect. I drafted it from our ski map as well as an aerial shot I saw of Pajarito and with my own knowledge of the runs (I took some artist liberties on the accuracy of the runs, i.e., don’t use this as a map haha, but my favorite runs, the “fab four”, and Townsite Run are definitely defined). The tree in the corner was actually a little Christmas tree we had in our living room, and it posed nicely while I painted it! Fun project, looking forward to when I get a chance to paint again!