Snake Fire starts near south entrance of park; southwest Montana fires smoldering
By Tyler AllenExplore Big Sky Staff Writer
The Snake Fire in Yellowstone National Park, discovered Monday afternoon, Aug. 5, is burning 200 acres as of this morning. The lightning-caused fire is located about three miles east of the park’s South Entrance along the boundary with the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
Twenty-five personnel, one helicopter and one wildland engine were assigned to the only reported fire burning in the park. Yellowstone has experienced a slightly less active fire season to date this year, said YNP Spokesman Al Nash. Closures to trails and backcountry campsites, as well as the most recent updates on fire activity can be found at: inciweb.org/incident/3600/.
The 625-acre Emigrant Fire (pictured at left), burning south of Emigrant Peak in Paradise Valley, is 5 percent contained with 30 personnel. On July 29 there were 122 firefighters on the blaze, but without weather conditions amenable to burning operations, many of those personnel were released July 31. Those resources will be ordered back if weather cooperates, said GNF Fire Information and Education Specialist Karen Tuscano.
“The fire’s staying put,” Tuscano said. “[It’s] cleaning up a lot of that dead and down material. We’re okay with that.” The Emigrant Fire is located between Gold Prize Creek and the North Fork of Sixmile Creek and was likely started by lightning on Wednesday, July 17.
The lightning-caused Moose Meadow Fire, 18 miles southwest of Philipsburg, Mont., is primarily in mop-up status. The 3,500-acre wildfire began July 25, is 80 percent contained and there were 93 firefighters on the incident Monday morning. Favorable weather conditions allowed a reduction of personnel from 313 on Aug. 6, while air support was continuing to shuttle firefighters to inaccessible areas of the fire.
We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a
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We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a limited palette to create different color combinations? Are you tired of carrying around 15-20 different tubes when you paint plein air? Have you ever wanted to create a certain “mood” in a painting but failed? Do you create a lot of mud? Do you struggle to achieve color harmony? All these problems are addressed in John’s workbook in clear and concise language!
Based on the bestselling “Limited Palatte, Unlimited Color” workbook written by John Pototschnik, the workshop is run by Maggie Shane and Annie McCoy, accomplished landscape (acrylic) and plein air (oil) artists,exhibitors at the Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery and members of the Big Sky Artists Collective.
Each student will receive a copy of “Limited Palette, Unlimited Color” to keep and take home to continue your limited palette journey. We will show you how to use the color wheel and mix your own clean mixtures to successfully create a mood for your paintings.
Each day, we will create a different limited palette color chart and paint a version of a simple landscape using John’s directives. You will then be able to go home and paint more schemes using the book for guidance.
Workshop is open to painters (oil or acrylic) of any level although students must have some basic knowledge of the medium he or she uses. Students will be provided the book ($92 value), color wheel, value scale and canvas papers to complete the daily exercises.