Plein Air Peoples' Post [Archive]

bluochre

01-19-2002, 01:28 PM

tim, it's probably more fun since i have so many studies UNFINISHED.....still in their sloppy state. either excessive outdoor temps or difficulties in returning to the outdoor site with the exact conditions explain many UNFINISHED studies.

am posting one, also UNFINISHED, probably to remain so. anyway, what is interesting about this study is the fact that during the one day when i was at the site, i started the work with a grisaille of burnt siena and burnt umber, followed by the placement of the first color notes. perhaps i placed some of the second notes. inability to return under the same conditions over the next few days left the work UNFINISHED.

a lesson for some, beginning with a grisaille might not always work in plein air painting.

LarrySeiler

01-19-2002, 01:42 PM

I had just a short time to paint before headin' home, and found a small secluded pond on my way to look for Bradley Lake, thus "Bradley's Secret"....
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/19-Jan-2002/bradleys_secret1.jpg

Initially, my plein airs were for me, my instudio works for the public. Then, I discovered a whole realm of public interest whose primary interest was not polished in-studio works but the spontaneity and honest reaction alla prima for the moment, for nature's spirit, for the artistic eye.

I could set up two booth spaces of my polished works, but if I have my El Greco halfbox set up painting the art festival going on around me, the crowd is likely to gather around me painting. So, I have no problem seeing myself as two artists. One that provides for those that demand polished art works, and an artist that finds legitimacy in plein air "sketches" having the right to be of interest as well. I am not worried about it spoiling my reputation, as the lasting memory in minds that the "act" is one of engagement and celebration is well worth it. -Larry

LarrySeiler

01-19-2002, 01:53 PM

I like standing knee deep in snow, painting. Maybe its knowing others are smarter than that! In truth, I think I like the change of seasons and the contrasts snow scenes provide. Come to think of it, I need to get out some more. We finally got some snow!
-Larry
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/19-Jan-2002/goodman_park.jpg

cobalt fingers

01-19-2002, 02:01 PM

I like the Corot sky and brushwork touches (Larry)

So few people know how much he inspired the famous French dudes to follow...Keep um coming!

Outside...The studio of God!

cobalt fingers

01-19-2002, 02:04 PM

I'm loving the work. I'd just like for us to share our honest efforts w/o lots ot text.

Blouchre, love those trees

blondheim12

01-19-2002, 08:42 PM

Dear All,
I certainly have enjoyed seeing these images. I find that I am doing more and more alla prima paintings on small masonite panels from 5x7 to 11x14. I just love the immediacy of working that way. I have all summer in the studio to explore more complex paintings. It is a nice balance I think.
Love,
Linda

cobalt fingers

01-19-2002, 09:33 PM

come on and share!!!:clap:

walden

01-20-2002, 12:00 AM

Sitting on a hill in Big Bend Nat'l Park, late afternoon

walden

01-20-2002, 12:01 AM

Late afternoon, different day

cobalt fingers

01-20-2002, 10:36 AM

Your skys are awesome -this one looks Moran or Turner 2 GREAT sky boys:clap:

cobalt fingers

01-20-2002, 12:58 PM

Everyone can post many examples, I just think it would fun to have lots of pictures and less talk from people who never show their own art but talk and atlk about others' usually unfavorably. If you post your own then blab away!:evil: :clap:

Leopoldo1

01-20-2002, 01:15 PM

Lupine in the shade by our summer cabin last year!:oL
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/20-Jan-2002/lupineoil2.jpg

walden

01-20-2002, 02:02 PM

Hey, Leopoldo, no fair! That's no sketch, that's a finished painting-- and beautifully finished, too.

Tim-- I do want to confess that I've been studying Moran-- just returned a great big book of his paintings to the local library. He's one of the landscapists that I study most-- I love how he conveys, size, majesty.

Here's a little morning sketch of mine ( 9 x 12)-- just to prove that the Texas gulf coast actually does has 4 seasons-- even if Autumn only lasts two weeks. :)

blondheim12

01-20-2002, 08:08 PM

Perhaps we need a plein air forum for those of us who don't care about being critiqued by folks who don't understand plein air painting.
This was at Orange Lake. i was there with painters from Cedar Key, Orlando and Branford today.
8x10 oil on masonite:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/20-Jan-2002/Olake400.jpg

bruin70

01-20-2002, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by impressionist2
Tim, Great thread! My brother's backyard facing one of the tees on the Long Bay Golf Course, SC.

Oops, I missed the sloppy part-this one's finished.

Renee

very intimate, renee.....{M}

Leopoldo1

01-20-2002, 10:29 PM

Originally posted by walden
Hey, Leopoldo, no fair! That's no sketch, that's a finished painting-- and beautifully finished, too

well walden I don't know what you consider finished or fair but this was done outside on a gessoed panel that was first layed down with a dark back ground and painted with the lights from there.

walden

01-20-2002, 11:32 PM

Leonardo-- I was teasing-- perhaps I should have added one of these :) . I believe you, and it's a beautiful painting.

blondheim12

01-21-2002, 08:05 AM

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/21-Jan-2002/2jonesfarm.jpg

Jones Farm
4x6 inches, oil on gessoed matboard

cobalt fingers

01-22-2002, 04:37 PM

see the greys and the browns "behind" the tress, this is what you get outside...studio painters don't get that. I feel the wind!

bri

01-22-2002, 06:27 PM

...I will resave that file as a 100% quality jpg instead of the usual 65%.

Maybe that's what is making these fuzzy.

Moderator(paintfool?), go ahead and delete the fuzzier image if you happen upon this.

here goes...

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/22-Jan-2002/crux.JPG

~bri

Leopoldo1

01-22-2002, 07:01 PM

Originally posted by bri
...I will resave that file as a 100% quality jpg instead of the usual 65%.

Hi Bri the Panel Man. I really like this, it is all there, the gorgeous composition and especailly you can paint freely. For heavens sake bri, why do you labor over all that detail stuff you do now, when this painterly style is so unique and so goooood? :oL

blondheim12

01-22-2002, 07:25 PM

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/22-Jan-2002/Orange_Lake.jpg
8x10 oil on masonite

bri

01-23-2002, 06:26 AM

Originally posted by Leopoldo

For heavens sake bri, why

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Leopoldo,

I not only hear you but I can think of no reason that makes any sense to my heart.

This year especially I feel myself getting old and running out of time. I never thought I'd make it past forty and I feel it's time for me to stop saying tomorrow ...right now is the future!

Thanks for the kind words, too!

I'd love to see what you've been up to lately!

eMail me any time.

"Sing us a soong, Your the Panel Maaaaan,
Sing us a soong toniiiiiiiight,
'Cause we've got the whiting, the glue and the crock pot,
And weve got Titanium Whiiiiiiiiiite!"
:clap:

By the way, that reminds me...I bought my sweetheart a nice crock pot a month ago, so guess where the old one goes to...heh, heh...HEH...HEEEEEEEEEEH:evil:

~bri

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"I paint because of something inside of me, not something in front of me!" ---Rachel Cohen

walden

01-23-2002, 07:09 AM

Bri, life BEGINS at 40-- it's liberating. You'll see. :)

arourapope

01-23-2002, 11:21 PM

Bri,
I have just a quick question for you. What would you have done if a train had come?
:D
Aurora

paintfool

01-24-2002, 12:14 AM

LOL Aurora! Outstanding work all. Bri, i'm completely taken with your train tracks.
Cheryl

blondheim12

01-24-2002, 05:57 AM

Let's keep this going. More of you jump in here.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/24-Jan-2002/pasture.jpg

bri

01-24-2002, 06:46 AM

Originally posted by aurorapope
Bri,
I have just a quick question for you. What would you have done if a train had come?
:D
Aurora

{{{{{Aurora}}}}}}

It's always nice to hear you!

The funny thing about that valley is you can hear the whistle blow from miles away and depending on weather conditions, it might be twenty minutes away or fifteen seconds. This particular day it never came while I was there because I got in and out pretty quickly, but I thought I heard it coming so many times I would pick my portable easel up with big microwave oven glass pallette and contraption for holding brushes and run with it over to where the tracks are not cut into the rock so precisely. Where I was painting, there is no room for my stuff and myself....

Not like the studio...cold, too.

~bri

arourapope

01-24-2002, 01:22 PM

Bri.....Thanks for giving me a chuckle today! I can picture the scene.
Glad you didn't get smuushed by a train. I'd have missed you. Actually, I hadn't seen you around in awhile, and I was wondering what had happened to you.
Really like the painting, by the way. I have a fondness for train tracks.
Aurora

bri

01-24-2002, 05:02 PM

Originally posted by aurorapope
Bri.....Thanks for giving me a chuckle today! I can picture the scene.
Glad you didn't get smuushed by a train. I'd have missed you. Actually, I hadn't seen you around in awhile, and I was wondering what had happened to you.
Really like the painting, by the way. I have a fondness for train tracks.
Aurora

Aurora,

I've been going to and fro on the earth and walking up and down in it. Started crazy job in July and now have burning desire to paint more. Don't get to talk art too much out loud so I end up babbling on puter and maybe too much so. I just get excited and I got this fire! It's like that Arthur Brown song:

"And there was smoke in my lungs and FIIIIIIIRE in my brain!"

Anyway, see what I mean.

It is one of my favorite spots. I am glad ya like it! I saw your painting up there a few posts...well maybe if I submit this it'll be down there...but anyway IT IS MY FAVORITE OF YOURS!!! I have to tell you that I have a pelvis like that hanging on my cottage door...it's like a mask and fits perfectly on my face...In fact I'm fond of donning it for entertainment purposes, and well... my face feels at home nestled there.

I love bones!

I am harvesting a great blue heron skull in loose soil as we speak. It was floating dead in the creek
:crying:

eMail me any time or pm me or what have you.

I'll be around...just kick me if I'm babbling too much.:o

~bri

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"There is a crack, a crack in everthing
That's how the light gets in."---------Leonard Cohen

dnip24

01-24-2002, 05:21 PM

bry, blondeim12, your pictures looks amazing! I have no words
to express myself. that's excellent color combinations!:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Muddy

01-25-2002, 09:32 PM

O.K. I'm game...I only have 'unfinished' plein-airs so far because I always finish them (thereby removing them from the plein-air category) from a reference photo or two after I get back home. This is an outdoor "start" - it's oil on gessoboard and the subject is the boathouse in Forest Park in St. Louis, MO...I may have posted this before...forgive me if I'm repeating myself!

cobalt fingers

01-29-2002, 10:33 PM

you're right, it's the start AND finish that makes it a plein air sketch...honesty, loose and juicy!:cat:

blondheim12

01-30-2002, 05:58 AM

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/30-Jan-2002/1ststpalms.jpg

These are Pheonix Palms, downtown in Gainesville. it was very overcast that morning, with water on the street. I really enjoyed painting this and have meant to go back again. It was really fun talking to the pedestrians walking by.
Love,
Linda

LarrySeiler

01-30-2002, 08:13 AM

Very nice piece of work, Bri! Like the composition and mood.

I'm not familiar with your other work which Leopoldo refers to, but it appears we potentially have a tonalist "plein airist" on our hands, which promises to show interesting work. Look forward to seeing more.

Nice one with the grouping of palms, Linda! Like that one....the first one on page three.

Muddy, quite the moody piece. Ssheesh...didja have to have a flashlight to work on this one? No wonder you had to finish back in the studio.

Larry

walden

01-30-2002, 09:03 AM

Linda, your Florida paintings are so rich and lush I can almost feel the humidity in the air. Great colors in the trees and street, but most especially the sky, which I can barely see peeking through the palm fronds.

cobalt fingers

01-30-2002, 09:50 AM

Well done palms

the red /green thing is delicately handled and it's nicely composed. I'll bet the passers-by liked it which is a good test.:clap:

Muddy

01-30-2002, 01:58 PM

Larry,

Yeah, I paint after/between/before my day job! Maybe a whole bank of flashlights would do the trick!

LarrySeiler

01-30-2002, 07:14 PM

This is perhaps my quickest most abstract looking plein air. I pulled the vehicle over when I came round a country corner, and the sun was hitting this meadow directly in front of me. The trees were turning color in fall, and this alphalfa field simply glowed rich green.

I scrambled to get my easel out and set up, and ended up only being able to paint for 10 minutes before the sun took it all away! Size is 4" x 8" oil, -Larry

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/30-Jan-2002/mondovi_meadow.jpg

LarrySeiler

01-30-2002, 07:18 PM

My dog sat by my easel on this one, and about 30 minutes into it about 40 eastern turkeys flew about 15 feet above our heads and landed on the river on the opposite side of us. They serenaded us with cackles for the next hour or so. -Larry

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/30-Jan-2002/rushriver.jpg

blondheim12

01-30-2002, 07:18 PM

Love it Larry!!
Linda

Phyllis Rennie

01-30-2002, 09:12 PM

Looking out from my carport:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/30-Jan-2002/DaisyGarden.JPG

blondheim12

01-30-2002, 10:51 PM

Wonderful Phyllis,
Excellent handling of greys with the flowers that pop!!!

More pictures everyone!!!!

Love,
Linda

LarrySeiler

01-30-2002, 11:04 PM

I don't know if I've seen this one before, Phyllis, but if I haven't.... then something similar. The reaction is the same though, I think is wonderful. Has a great sense of light! Nice feeling to it.

Larry

bri

01-31-2002, 08:29 PM

...thanks, and I also wish I knew what images Leopoldo had in mind when he said that, but I knew what he meant. The majority of my life's work had been linear and small...always "tonal" as you put it. I don't do very many outdoor paintings like this~most of my outdoor work is walking and absorbing and always accepting a treasure or two to take home. My outdoor paintings are usually composites of specifics :( for lack of better describer.

Anyway, it was fun to do. I like my big brushes now and I like the way I feel when I wield them.

I love oils!

~bri

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"Just slap it in, Brian, and don't make it look pretty!"
---------my boss

blondheim12

02-02-2002, 08:44 AM

Come on Plein Air Painters!!! I know there are some of you out there who haven't posted a painting.
Let's keep them coming!!

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/02-Feb-2002/fall.jpg

This is 5x7 oil on masonite.
Love,
Linda

LarrySeiler

02-02-2002, 09:59 AM

Nice warm painting Linda, and in my twisted sense of humour, I decided I had to post this.

I'm picturing you all comfy down there in Florida, but here's how I look at the end of a session here in Wisconsin. Snow along the river's edge and look at those rosy cheeks! Note the scarf tucked inside my quilted jacket. I wear wool gloves with the fingers cut off for to hold my brushes and rags, and iceman boots to insulate while standing in snow. And some people say they can't get out and paint! Waaahhhh! :rolleyes: (then again, I could be nuts!) -Larry

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/02-Feb-2002/cold_larry.jpg

Midwest Painter

02-02-2002, 11:35 AM

Here is one I did in 1999 of my Father-in-law working on his cactus garden.

blondheim12

02-02-2002, 05:58 PM

I love your painting midwest.
Larry,
we don't have snow but believe it or not, last year was the coldest winter I ever remember in Florida. I felt like a frozen popcicle every time I went out to paint with highs in the 30's on some days. This year has been really perfect for painting with warm days and low humidity. Come on down here and paint with me.
Your friend Neal is going to do the Kanapaha Paint out here in Gainesville with me. I look forward to meeting him.
Love,
Linda

LarrySeiler

02-02-2002, 10:18 PM

Originally posted by blondheim12
I love your painting midwest.
Larry,
we don't have snow but believe it or not, last year was the coldest winter I ever remember in Florida. I felt like a frozen popcicle every time I went out to paint with highs in the 30's on some days. This year has been really perfect for painting with warm days and low humidity. Come on down here and paint with me.
Your friend Neal is going to do the Kanapaha Paint out here in Gainesville with me. I look forward to meeting him.
Love,
Linda

would love to come down Linda! Who knows, perhaps someday that might be possible. My in-laws live in N.Ft Myers...

Glad to hear Neal is connecting with you guys. Tell him I said hello, and about time he gets off the golf courses down there and does some serious plein air work! hahaha.... take care!

Larry

cobalt fingers

02-03-2002, 05:15 PM

Midwest Painter

02-03-2002, 07:35 PM

Originally posted by cobalt fingers
.

A person has got to do what a person has got to do.

Phyllis Rennie

02-03-2002, 07:48 PM

Originally posted by cobalt fingers
.

You could be like me and just stay out of the Debate Forum.

blondheim12

02-04-2002, 12:49 PM

Dear All,
I painted this yesterday at dawn on the East Coast of Florida. I've never had a better day at the beach. it was perfect. No wind and beautiful painting conditions.
8x10 oil on masonite.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/04-Feb-2002/A1Amatanzas.jpg

blondheim12

02-04-2002, 02:07 PM

This is at the National Monument. The fort was butt ugly so I decided to leave that to others to paint. This is my plein air entry in the miniature category. 8x10. The studio painting of big cypress will be my other submission. It's too big to scan. I like the studio painting alot but they won't it is too colorful for realist judges. It is fun to try, so no harm done.
Love,
Linda

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/04-Feb-2002/Matanzas.jpg

walden

02-04-2002, 02:14 PM

Linda, your Matanzas Inlet painting is beautiful, wonderfully composed, great colors-- I think I like it best of all the plein air work you've posted! Your second image didn't load for me. And, I was wondering, should we start a new thread on this? This one is kind of long, and anyone who hasn't been following it might think twice before looking. :) Of course, anyone who has been following it might just think it went dormant. So, your choice-- you're the one doing lots of plein air work this cold winter!

blondheim12

02-04-2002, 02:31 PM

Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the kind words. Next time anyone is ready to post, lets start a new thread. I would still like to have a plein air caqtegory for us to just post our plein air paintings, without the critiques from other landscape painters and WC Pundits. I really like looking at plein air work and discussing the information germaine to that style. It has it's own problems and triumphs that are entirely different from studio landscape painters problems. I have stopped posting on the landscape forum, leaving that forum to the critics but I have really enjoyed the freedom to post here among other plein air painters. I sure hope we can keep this going and see other's plein air work.
Love,
Linda

lori

02-04-2002, 06:28 PM

lovely linda's landscapes!

beautiful, not only masterfully painted, but i can FEEL the joy you experienced being there!

cindyn2art

02-04-2002, 06:37 PM

I am really enjoying these works, I'm trying to switch from colored pencils and watercolors to oils.

cindyn2art

02-04-2002, 06:39 PM

very nice work Larry, I've been watching and reading for over 2 years now about once a week.

cobalt fingers

02-04-2002, 09:30 PM

more stars for not being helpful hummmmmmm

Thanks for the votes of confidence!:clap:

blondheim12

02-04-2002, 09:37 PM

Lori,
Thank you so much. It really is thrilling, setting up the easel, the anticipation of the work to come. I often travel in the middle of the night to arrive on location at dawn. There is an energy at dawn found at no other time. I think what I love the most about plein air, is the sensory enhancement. Plein air is not about being better than studio painting. As a matter of fact, I know many studio painters who's paintings are incredible, and far more polished than plein air could be. To me the location painting gives me a memory to keep and savor. The people I meet, the smell of the land or sea, the birds and animals. Every paint out is a new adventure in a place I never would have gone to without that incentive. Because of plein air painting, I have seen most of my beautiful state and much of the South that I adore.
Love,
Linda
http://pleinairflorida.org

LarrySeiler

02-05-2002, 05:33 PM

Having a visual record as an aesthetic spirit of an experience...no wait, ummm...an encounter allows me to help arouse particular nuances and senses that inspired my work to begin with. When I look at the colors in one of my late afternoon pieces, and the motion of color caught in a water's reflection, I can almost be there. I can almost once again hear the leaves, feel the breeze, sense the sun's touch.

This is something that I did not experience painting in the studio. My works were statements "about" experiences and encounters relying on multiple resources, but they were not conduits empowered to stir up the emotions of being there. Like you, I'm not putting down instudio painting. In fact, the few pieces I do do now in studio, I tend to enjoy more because I can borrow from outdoor onlocation painting to infer more.

However, when I look at my labored instudio works, the conduit of experience reminds me of intense continued disciplined effort. I do not "feel" the subject. I do appreciate though, as Gary pointed out in the animal forum yesterday...that what becomes old for me as an artist can be a fresh and invigorating experience for the viewer's first take on it. I guess that's something.

Still....I know what you're saying Linda!

Larry

LarrySeiler

02-06-2002, 08:21 AM

Originally posted by blondheim12
I have stopped posting on the landscape forum, leaving that forum to the critics but I have really enjoyed the freedom to post here among other plein air painters. I sure hope we can keep this going and see other's plein air work.
Love,
Linda

the problem though Linda, is that plein air can also be done in acrylics, and this is an "oil" only forum. I am this morning posting a 6" x 12" plein air of Bull Falls that I did in acrylics. Since there is no specific "plein air" medium, having plein air in this forum only would discriminate against other mediums.

Not only that, but I guess as the consumate educator, I feel our presence on "Landscape" forum provides a service in educating other painters. We have to trust that time, moderators, and community will eventually win out over the negativity. To abandon is to leave presence of mind. That does not serve to promote the genre, IMHO.

Larry

brendahofreiter

02-06-2002, 09:10 AM

Oh!!! At Last I have found MY PEOPLE!! :cat: I never thought to look in the oil forum! I keep posting my plein airs in the landscape forum where everybody just politely ignores them. :eek: Oh well.

Love the discussion between you and Larry regarding the emotion of painting en plein air. I have never understood why I didn't see hordes of painters when I went out to paint! Glad that there are some folks who "get it" :clap: You guys are the only ones who won't haul me off to the looney bin when I start exclaiming "Oh...look at the light on that leaf...LOOK at the color of those reflections!, Doesn't it feel GREAT to be alive in such a wonderful world?"

Linda, I love what you did at the Monument. I agree that the fort was butt ugly. I followed your link to that Monument site and was totally unimpressed! But then buildings don't really turn me on anyway:evil: Having said that, I think I will attach one that I did of a college building! I call it "blue umbrella" - 11x 14 - o/c. There was a group of college kids and grounds keepers collected behind me watching every brushstoke. Talk about performance anxiety!

Brenda

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/06-Feb-2002/Rollins_College,jpg.jpg;)

walden

02-06-2002, 09:51 AM

Beautiful, Brenda! I'll be posting more plein airs when the weather warms up-- I'm just a hot-house flower in a cold, cold world right now :) . I don't know HOW Larry does it in the snow.

I do enjoy when people come up and talk to me, though-- especially kids. Kids will point stuff out-- like "there's a lot of blue in that sidewalk, you know" that maybe I hadn't noticed, and they always tell me all about their own artwork. One teen came up to me the last time I was out, saying how she painted too, but had never thought to bring her paints outside for an afternoon-- I encouraged her, told her it was the best! The adults always want to know if I sell my work, where I show it, so I'm going to have business cards printed up with my website & stuff on them-- you never know.

brendahofreiter

02-06-2002, 10:05 AM

Thanks Lisa! You know, I would have appreciated some helpful comments in a few areas of the painting when I was struggling. ;) I always feel like an ambassador for plein air painting when I'm out! I do carry cards for people who ask, but I don't think in the three years I've been painting outdoors that anyone ever called me. I do list my websites though so at least they can look, even if they don't want to buy.

Brenda

LarrySeiler

02-06-2002, 11:37 AM

Folks, just remember that its the pioneers that are remembered in art history, in movements, etc., and that its lonely initially.

Nice plein air Brenda...

Larry

blondheim12

02-06-2002, 12:44 PM

Brenda,
A beautiful painting indeed. is it Rollin's College in WP?
Love,
Linda
http://pleinairflorida.org

brendahofreiter

02-06-2002, 05:23 PM

Wow! Thanks Larry. :D Your opinions mean a lot to me, since I so admire your work.

Hi Linda, Yup, you got it, Rollins College in Winter Park. Glad you could recognize it. It's a lovely campus with great architecture. Although I don't think I do it much justice!

Brenda

LarrySeiler

02-06-2002, 06:54 PM

This is the Rat River here in NE Wisconsin, a plein air of 18" x 24" alla prima, oil.

The use of the rag wiping in masses, general value and color thereafter absorbed by the board, makes doing such a large piece in one sitting. Taking about 10-15 minutes really to block things in, capture the spirit of the scene...and allow for smooth sailing thereafter.

I like the subtleties of the fall after the color begins to be lost and just before winter comes. The neutrals allow for a reflective somberness, and showcase the limited color. This piece is also a demo here on WC....just follow the link if interested. -Larry

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/06-Feb-2002/hwy8_ratriver_wcsize.jpg

here's the WC demo site-
http://www.wetcanvas.com/ArtSchool/Landscapes/Roadside/

cobalt fingers

05-14-2002, 09:57 PM

I would like to see more of these from everyone.

impressionist2

05-15-2002, 01:08 AM

Here ya go, Tim. You have to stop by at the En Plein Aire forum more.

This one painted last Friday, is going to have one more session after the sun comes back out.

Renee

brendahofreiter

05-15-2002, 07:07 AM

Oh Renee!:D I love the piece you posted. Really lovely soft quality. I bow at your feet!

Tim, here is one that I did recently. Being digitally challenged, it takes me a while to get them online. It was done en plein air in downtown Orlando in the early spring. Oil on stretched canvas. It's 16 x 20. It took a couple of visits to get it all down. I love the way the pagoda contrasts the skyscrapers in the background, kinda an east meets west sort of thing. Painting the architecture was wild!

Brenda

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/15-May-2002/PAGOTA,-LAKE-EOLALGEJPG.JPG

impressionist2

05-15-2002, 10:01 AM

Brenda, Thank you. I humbly accept your compliment.

Tim, Brenda just had her painting accepted into the prestigous Oil Painters of America National art show this year. Now, That's an accomplishment deserving of Applause!!! (I'd add one of those clap hands thingies, but they drive me nuts! :D )

Brenda, Is this the painting? Or can we get a look-see at the big winner, please?

I am heading back to the site tomorrow ( babysitting today ) to put the finish to the painting. Hope the sun cooperates.

Renee

brendahofreiter

05-15-2002, 05:15 PM

Rene, thanks so much. This isn't the piece that was accepted into the OPA Nationals. I'll try and attach a copy of that one. I think I did post it once before here and got some critiques as I recall.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/15-May-2002/ECON-RIVER-HERON-LARGE-JPG.JPG

artbabe21

05-15-2002, 07:34 PM

This thread is so exciting, thanks Cobalt!! These works are a complete inspiration to someone who had not yet 'gotten' plein aire. I do now though after reading the threads in the plein aire
forum nearly every night recently and the discussions here. I am so fired up to just go out and 'do it' and Larry I will try NOT to whine about the snow, we had 6" here last week, but gone already. I will remember that photo of you in the snow! Thanks everyone for sharing these paintings----it was like going to a really exceptional gallery opening!!!!!!
Cathleen~:o

brendahofreiter

05-16-2002, 07:25 AM

Thanks Cathleen! I know what you mean about the art opening. It is always such fun to look at everyone's paintings. You get so inspired! I love seeing all the different ways to do things. Everybody has a different pallet, technique and style of painting. It's like celebrating individuality in paint.

Brenda

LarrySeiler

05-16-2002, 08:31 AM

Originally posted by artbabe21
I will remember that photo of you in the snow! !
Cathleen~:o

yeah...well, startin' to get a little sick of it right now. WE are only a couple weeks from seniors graduating our high school, and its in the 40's this week, and we hear more than likely that we'll be gettin' hit with snow this weekend! Good grief...is this some odd global warming affect? hahahhaa....

Larry

cobalt fingers

05-19-2002, 02:49 PM

very NICE! Brenda,

congratualions too.

I'm glad you've all enjoyed this thread, the value of it is due to everyone but me -I only started it.

Phyllis Rennie

05-21-2002, 08:55 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by brendahofreiter
[B]Oh!!! At Last I have found MY PEOPLE!! :cat: I never thought to look in the oil forum! I keep posting my plein airs in the landscape forum where everybody just politely ignores them. :eek: Oh well. [B]

Brenda, we're over in the new plein air forum---missing you!

cobalt fingers

05-23-2002, 09:01 PM

This is a finished work that started as a plein air sketch. The colors are so important to the finished work.

paintfool

05-24-2002, 10:39 AM

Spectacular work Tim! Since this thread began we have gained a forum designated specifically for plein air painters. As this thread, along with some others, actually helped determine the need for the new forum it would really be a great addition to the 'En Plein Aire' forum i'll be moving it there. :)
Cheryl

walden

05-24-2002, 11:04 AM

That's a beautiful painting, Tim-- I would love to also see the plein air piece on which it was based. Did you also use photographs as a reference, or only the plein air? I'm trying to learn to use my plein air works effectively as references for studio work, and I'm very interested to hear how others do so.

cobalt fingers

06-02-2002, 10:06 PM

Yes, I try to shoot images (many) of th area that I get sketches for. I use both together and move a few things about in the big work. I used to sell the small works and have tried to hold onto them lately since if I sell the skethches i'm SOL as far as making another of and from the area.

Wayne Gaudon

06-06-2002, 02:06 PM

Tim, I'd like to see the Plein Air as well. I have tried to do some and did a few but I end up trying to make a painting when I should in fact be making a study, or at least in my mind that is what I should be making.

Just wondering how your plein air stacks up. Is it a little painting or a little study of color relationships?