Two Pastel Landscape Painting Books (Review and Notes)
Here are my notes from two well established landscape painters in pastel.
Plein Air painting
Day 34: Five Plein Air Paintings and a Necklace in Baxter
While I painted these five pastel paintings, our daughter stitched together a complex necklace of seed beads.
Day 30: Two Kouchibouguac Plein Air Paintings
It was fun to paint again, to try and capture a bit of this beautiful place.
Day 12: Three Nova Scotia Plein Air Paintings
These are the plein air paintings I did while in Nova Scotia. They are stylized on purpose, if you are curious, but the colors really are not exaggerated.
Day 2: Mount Desert Island (Photos and Plein Air Paintings)
We visit Sand Beach and Thunder Hole, painting at both.
Lyn Asselta Plein Air Pastel Workshop Photos
I took this three day plein air workshop taught by Lyn Asselta. It was sponsored by the Connecticut Pastel Society…
New Plein Air Painting: Spring Shadows at New Pond Farm
I was intrigued by the dramatic shadow patterns in the grass, by the feathery new leaves, and the frothiness of the distant trees. It was an image the spoke to me of the spring transition, its stark lighting, together with tender new grass and unfurling leaves.
Plein Air Oil Painting of the Quarry Swimming Hole
I have frequented this lovely spot for decades but never painted it before.
New Plein Air Painting: October Path Between Meadows
I love being surrounded by the trees right now, each one a kaleidoscope of color, done by the hand of the master pointillist!
New Plein Air Oil Painting: Morning on Chaffinch Island
I enjoyed painting this on location on Chaffinch Island in Connecticut with a limited palette.
Henry Isaacs / Ashley Bryan Workshop Notes
A powerhouse group, their advice was gentle and encouraging, freeing and supportive, and blissfully without prescription. If I taught, this is the way I would teach.
Two Islesford Apple Trees I Painted
Since it was foggy during the workshop, I did not paint any grand vistas as I expected, but instead focused on these two unique apple trees, whose shapes intrigued me.
Large Plein Air Pastel Painting: Hudson River in Summer
– This is the largest pastel plein air painting I have ever done, but I knew the view was huge, so I went for it. Painting large on location is fun as long as there is not a wind. This day was hot, humid, and still so it worked great, although I cowered in the … Read more
Two Plein Air Pastel Paintings Done on Echo Lake Beach
I really enjoyed painting on location in this lovely setting on Echo Lake Beach in Acadia National Park in Maine.
Two Recent Plein Air Pastels
The paint above was done from Chaffinch Island in Guilford, Connecticut. I was attracted the the intensely vibrant greens in the marsh grasses there.
Same Scene: Four Sketches and Two Paintings
He is trying to get us to paint quicker and to be “less precious” about it, trying different things. Masters, he says, are merely those who fail more than others have even tried.
New Painting: Blooming Crabapple in Evening Light
Here is the painting I did this week of a crabapple tree about a block from our house captured in the evening’s glowing light.