Back Road, Irvine Park 9" x 12" Pastel

Went out to do a little plein air with my pastels. That is getting easier. You can only imagine what it would be like to dump my palette box of a zillon pastels in the grass. A good majority of them are green. So I do this carefully, very carefully. I do like the option of working in pastel on site. In many ways, I am much more comfortable working in pastel than oil. I hope that will even out.

The other issue with plein air is outside temperture. It was over 100 degrees last Sunday and the shade trees were not so easy to find. I painted with my friend Kim and it made it easier to stick it out.

Lovely Girl 16" x 12" oil

This was a model day. I messed around along time before settling into the day. Never got a finished painting. Too bad, she was a lovely model. Hopefully she will model again.

Under The Over Pass 9" x 12" Oil

It was fun figuring out how to do a cyclone fence. Sign needs help. Oh well one thing at a time.

Between Two Trees 15" x 45" oil

I was asked to paint this about 6 months ago. I find it is very difficult to paint something that I have not seen or have a personal feeling about. I have a bit more to do before releasing it and my hope is to not over do.

Canyon View

I decided to photograph this one again. It had a lot of light reflections. Today is a gray day and I think better for photography. I really can't tell until it is up on my blog. Kim let me know what you think.

Tree Lined Trail oil 10" x 8"

Tried a new place and loved it. This is a walking trail in the middle of a neighborhood and it gets lots of walkers. I liked the people coming by, many with their dogs. I even know a few of them. I am getting much more comfortable painting in public. People are friendly and I often find that it is other artists that stop and look.
I was pleased with my painting. It was a nice day. Can't ask for much more.

Canyon View 8" x 10" oil

This was a very hot day a few Saturdays ago. Painted under a tree and it wasn't so bad. I was having trouble with this painting and thought I would not post this ...and then decided it was important that I do. Good, bad or whatever it is where I am on this creative journey. The day and just being out in nature was worth the trip. That is the blessing of plein air painting. The hope, of course, is that a painting will emerge from all that there is to see and that it will tell me something about how I see and how far I have come. The truth is sometimes I side step and even step back.

Back Road oil 8"x 6"

Second of 2 painted out in Irvine Park.