Tag: Plein air

Train in Snow

Lesley likes train pictures, so every so often I try to do one. Besides, it was the only thing I could find with any color in the snow. Camera pic’s kinda washed out.

Corner Gas Station

Bad weather, so I had to cancel my usual Friday trip to the P&C. Following Mary Whyte’s advice that the best way to learn to paint is to paint plein air, I went out and painted an old gas station on a gray day instead.

MGandE Smokestack

This is one of some first attempts to return to plein air painting, after having basically given it up to “go back to school” to improve my basic art skills. Done on an amazingly warm day in January.

Olbrich Park

I live right over the hill from Olbrich Park and often walk my dog to the top of the sledding hill (actually the top of a big tank that holds our drinking water) to see how the morning looks across to the east.

Show a Success

The October show at EVP was great. A lot of friends came to the opening. I’m very grateful to those who bought pictures. Here are a couple of the pictures that are still available. Write me if you’re interested.

Finally, I’m back

   Traincars III Sold            Paterson St. Sold It’s been way too long since I posted anything. Here are a couple late winter, early spring plein air pictures, from the days of late February, standing in whatever spot of sun I could find, hoping for no wind, trying to finish so I could get home and get… Continue reading Finally, I’m back

Trains

Traincars II. Sold. This was my last picture before the big snows came in December. It was a beautiful late fall/early winter day–cold, but great for painting. The sky was a pure winter blue. Even now during the January thaw, the sky looks more like spring than winter. These two “buddies” were empty scrap metal… Continue reading Trains