December 26, 2011 – 50° – Sunny and no snow – 4 to 6 inches of ice
No, that’s not me. It’s a speed skater checking the quality of the ice. Ultimately he decided that it was good enough to make it the 5 miles across Lake Minnetonka from Excelsior to Wayzata. The photo is a composite of 9 images, shot handheld, and blended together in Photoshop.
Below are some other shots of the day.
*The title of this post paraphrases Boris Pasternak (from Doctor Zhivago).
Darren R. Rousar studied privately with Richard Lack and attended Atelier LeSueur, both in Minnesota, as well as Studio Cecil-Graves in Florence, Italy. He was the assistant director and an instructor at Charles Cecil Studios in Florence, after which he became vice president of The Minnesota River School of Fine Art in Burnsville. He has been a professional artist for more than 20 years, focusing mainly on Christian themes. Darren is currently an art teacher, technology coordinator and the eLearning coordinator at Providence Academy in Plymouth, MN. He is the author of two books, Cast Drawing Using the Sight-Size Approach and Cast Painting Using the Sight-Size Approach. He also produced a companion DVD, Sight-Size and the Art of Seeing.
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