Tag: plein air painting
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Return to Plein Air
This painting was done over the winter from a sketch done in mid-May last year. This year we had a snowstorm on May 15! Our spring is very capricious, so one has to be prepared to take advantage of the good weather when it happens. The scene is part of the Milton Outlier of the…
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Need for Speed
One of the many challenges of plein air painting is the need to work quickly. In two hours, the light will change completely, and sometimes so does the weather! In plein air events and competitions, there is additional pressure to complete work and prepare it for exhibition by a certain time deadline. After taking part…
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Finding Bliss, plein air style
It’s my favourite time of year for plein air painting. The weather is warm enough to work outside without freezing the fingers, but not so hot and humid that you have to worry about water and heat exhaustion. The best part is that it gets me outside in beautiful natural settings such as this. For…
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The Pleasures of Plein Air
Painting “en plein air” has become a big part of my life over the past couple of years, in fact I think it is addictive! We have been blessed with a long and beautiful spring, and I am very glad to have experienced it at close hand during several enjoyable painting excursions over the past…
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Poetry and Painting
“Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Sometimes when I try to think of a title for a painting, a phrase or a line of poetry comes to mind. Through the magic of the internet, I can track it down or go off on any number of tangents. It’s…