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| 12/12/11 5:10 pm, altocumulus, facing south |
These layered altocumulus clouds hung in the sky yesterday evening. I thought the shape was intriguing because it had bulges and loops of cloud hanging down. After the painting was dry, I thought it looked like marble, very cool and misty.
I chose to paint this unusual cloud rather than the blazing orange and purple sunset in the west. It reminded me so much of the sunset I painted on Thanksgiving (11/24/11), that I refrained. The sky was covered with low clouds turning gray and purple in the twilight, with a gap of orange sky above the horizon. The sun had set minutes before. Interesting how the southern view does not reflect any of that warm glow.
