Two Early Spring Plein Air Oil Paintings
I’ve been painting outside a couple times here this spring before the weather turned cold and rainy.
Plein Air painting
Two Abstract Pastel Landscapes
This pastel that I did plein air last fall is titled In the Presence of Swans, and the other one…
Featured Artist: Rick Stevens
This time of year, when there are just a few leaves left on the trees, reminds me of the artwork of Rick Stevens.
Notes from Richard McKinley’s Pastel Workshop
You can see here the notes I took for the class, preserved both for my reference and yours.
New Plein Air Pastel Landscape: Florence Griswold View
I enjoyed painting this with my pastel class last week at the Florence Griswold Museum. The weather was glorious and the view terrific.
Portraits of Plein Air Artists at Work
I enjoyed the people in my plein air painting class. Richard McKinley (above) is an accomplished and well known pastel artist, who drew these plein air painters to Connecticut from far and wide.
Thumbnails, Notans, and Field Sketches
In the class I’ve been taking with Richard McKinley, he discussed in detail a process he uses to formulate a field sketch using thumbnail sketches.
New Plein Air Pastel Landscape: Tree at Hill-Stead Museum
Here is the painting I painted while together with this group on the lovely grounds of the Hill-Stead Museum yesterday.
Plein Air Oil Painting on the Humid Hudson
Today was my first excursion with the Hudson Valley Plein Air Society, and we went to Boscobell with its incredible view of the Hudson.
Plein Air Oli Paintings Done in California
I have loved painting outside on location in the California National Parks. These works are small, but were very fun to do. They are drying in the back window of my car.
I’m in This Plein Air Art Show
I have joined this Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Society only recently, and have a painting in their juried show which opened last night in the Putnam Arts Council in Mahopac, NY.
New Landscape in Oil: A View from Starfish Point
I started this oil painting while on the Maine coastline recently, and finished it outside here on Friday in glorious weather.