Day 6 • World Watercolor Month • Daily Painting
Window View
(scenic lake with bright sunset/sunrise)
Wish this really was
the view out my window!
ORIGINAL PAINTING • WATERCOLOR
⭐️ Window View (scenic lake with bright sunset/sunrise)⭐️ 8" x 8" square (paper size) / Painted area is approximately 6" x 6"
⭐️ Unframed
⭐️ Shipping included for US
Available on my website.
Day 5 • World Watercolor Month • Daily Painting
Garden Bouquet
8x8 inch • Watercolor & Gouache • Cold Press Paper
8x8 inch • Watercolor & Gouache • Cold Press Paper
Would you believe I was painting fireworks and ended up with a bouquet?
Yup, art happens that way sometimes.
July - World Watercolor Month Daily Paintings
July 2019
WORLD WATERCOLOR MONTH
Day 1, 2, 3, & 4
This month's daily paintings (at least many of them)
are available on my website.
are available on my website.
En Plein Air Miniature 4x4 Acrylic Paintings
A few of my plein air paintings from 2019. I was experimenting with acrylic on gessoed panels. The last couple of paintings I switched to 'open acrylics' to give myself more working time than regular acrylics. But even that proved challenging on a windy, dry day outside. Inside the atrium there was usually plenty of humidity which made the process easier.
Plein Air Day: Painting Red Amaryllis in Acrylic
I really can't get enough of plein air painting. I use that term loosely to mean on-location, usually outdoors, basically anywhere that's NOT my studio. 😏
I'm loving painting with Golden's Open Acrylics on 4 inch x 4 inch Aquabord panels
Below my paintings are more explanations and definitions
of what others think "Plein Air" means.
From HUFFPOST
I'm loving painting with Golden's Open Acrylics on 4 inch x 4 inch Aquabord panels
(indoor atrium) Peoria, Illinois
Below my paintings are more explanations and definitions
of what others think "Plein Air" means.
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Plein air painting is about leaving the four walls of your studio behind and experiencing painting and drawing in the landscape. The practice goes back for centuries but was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists. Their desire to paint light and its changing, ephemeral qualities, coupled with the creation of transportable paint tubes and the box easel—the precursor to the plein air easels of today—allowed artists the freedom to paint “en plein air,” which is the French expression for “in the open air.”....
En plein air
En plein air (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ plɛn ɛːʁ], French for outdoors, or plein air painting) is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look....
From HUFFPOST
Debate: Must ‘Plein Air’ Be Defined?
There are very few rules in art, which may be what draws a lot of rules-are-meant-to-be-broken types to this field, but artists (like everyone else) want to know that the terms they use are understood in the same way by others. Take, for example, the term painting “plein air,”...
And there are many more opinions!
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and daily activities.
Join me on Instagram to see even more of my art
and daily activities.
Artists! Showcase Your Paintings & Art with Chatbooks!
I LOVE these little books!I've just recently discovered Chatbooks and can't get enough of them!
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Being the perfectionist type person I am, I prefer to control each and every page. And that's another great point, I can control and play to my hearts content! When Chatbooks notifies me that my 60 page (that's 30 sheets double sided) is ready to print, I still have 3 days to delete, change, and rearrange. If I delete several and there's less than 60 pages, then it will NOT go to print. I really like that since I often post way more images on Instagram than I would ever want printed.
I can make a Custom Book, (rather than relying on the subscription) where I import any images I want and add as much or as little writing as I feel is needed. This is a fabulous way to make special books for gifts. In my case I just like to have certain paintings in a single collection.
As with anything, this is not without a small learning curve. There are a few quirks, but well worth figuring it all out to have such a wonderful little treasure of your favorite paintings, people, events or collections of most anything.
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Painting Acrylic En Plein Air at the Botanical Garden
Long winters can really leave my creative spirit cold. I thaw it out with trips to my local botanical garden to paint en plein air with acrylic or watercolor. So many gorgeous picture opportunities too. Great to have on hand for future paintings when I can't get there in person.
Hopefully spring is coming soon!
See more of my original plein air and other nature paintings in my shop.
I'm really enjoying using my new pochade box I made recently
Luthy
Botanical
Garden
(indoor atrium)
Peoria, Illinois
Hibiscus Flower Watercolor Painting at My Local Botanical Gardens
Winter is LONG... my local botanical garden atrium is the perfect spot for painting.
I love painting in plein Air but fighting the cold and wind in winter is just too much. I often head over to my local botanical garden to soak up the warmth and humidity while I paint in either watercolor or acrylic. Gives me a much needed break from both the elements and my studio.
Available on my website.
I'm even using this painting
for some of my printed promotional materials!
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