PLEIN AIRE PAINTING HAS ITS CHALENGES. WIND, BUGS, SUN , NO SUN.

SO WHY do this ? There is something about the painting you pull off regardless of the elements. Something that shows in the painting that does not appear in studio from photos paintings. At least , my paintings , seem to hold this to be true.
This past month , I have been painting in ST GEORGE ISLAND FLORIDA. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PAINTING I did four weeks ago. So this will not be quite a diary of my days of painting. Some of my efforts have been small craft paintings... using the photos I have taken since I arrived. I have taken hundreds of photos of birds, butterflies, shells. this water color tried to capture the fauna of the bay area. Some of these trees have been there for years.

This is from my many photos. Not sure of what i was tryig to say here.

This was done quickly to capture the men fishing as well as the surrouding scenery with EASTPOINT in the distance.

One of my favorite things to paint are people doing ... a job.. o r just going through motions.. their gesture s tell a story.

My first try the day I arrived.. Made chair too small. I will try again from photos. That is a nother chalenge of Plein Aire or painting on location. Errors.

Studies of people . Bright colors of umbrellas

I took so many bird photos. I have turned them into studies.

more to come.....

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I AM NOT TRYING TO PROMOTE IPAD SALES. BUT I am having a lot of fun drawing with my ipad and sharing what I have learned with

people who have an IPAD. The elephant was done with HELLO WATERCOLOR AP.

SOME  people have remarked that they prefer real paint. So do I, however, I used the AP on the bus trip to the  Grand Canyon and to Yellow Stone., sitting in dentist office,and doctors office. I use it when I cannot  sleep AND WHEN PLANNING A PAINTING. I ALSO USE IT TO PRACTICE.

I would love to beable to draw animals better. This is painless and quite a frugal way to not waste supplies. I say that to people who feel that they just  want to enjoy the process of drawing and painting. Could I  print out the renditions? Yes and make cards from the images. some aps allow printing words on the image.  I  PREFER the AP  IPASTEL  because of its ease and endless color choices.  I have also learned that I can import and export images from one program to another. 

This is an ipad drawn image. I will be teaching painting on the IPAD. THIS IS USING ONE OF THE

 PROGRAMS I have downloaded lately. Below is a demopastel painitng i did for art classes  at  Oakrun. I f it looks  like AUDREY HEPBURN,  then I achieved my goal.

 

 This is a watercolor painting I plan to teach this fall for the pastel and watercolor class.I am using what i learned from Nita Ingle's class.

Pencil drawing I used to teach this summers drawing class.

I want to share more of  what I have been doing  with the IPAD. I find drawing and  creating images the best  way to quell bubbles of self doubt, anxiety other wise  called  worrying about the future, and just  making  time pass with a feeling  of  somewhat  an accomplishment.
drawing on the bus traveling to and  from each destination on my YELLOWSTONE/MT.RUSHMORE   trip , made  me  draw not so much what I see..but what I saw and thereby forcing me to draw the important things that said western lasnscape.
i want to do this more. Perhaps not looking at the still life or landscape... hmmmm..I do  like accuracy.. paying  attention so that  spatial placement is  accurate.

A FRIEND SENT THIS TO ME TODAY
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the
day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear
bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.



TAKE TIME TO LIVE....

I have seen painting that moved me and made me think.. As I look at my latest paintings this past two weeks... are there any that show rain.. cold...heat.. any emotion?
THAT WILL BE MY AIM THIS WEEK..

I  have stated before that art has opened more doors than I even thought I would beable to pass through.

NEXT WEEK I will teach a   drawing class. I would like to use the park for

inspiration. The drawing of the  barn below is from a  photo I took years ago with a group of artist from Louisiana.

As we traveled to Georgia for a watercolor workshop with Tony Van HASSETT , we saw this barn

near the gas station. I remembered traveling the same area with my father and mother.

 This drawing would be an example of dark ,mid tone, and light. The brightest brights and the deepest darks are in sections to create the illusion of shadows.
By using hard pencils  H and HB , I made the trees in the background seem to be behind the barn. I used them also, to suggest that the barn had an advertisement for a local tourist draw back in the 40'snad 50's.

This is a pastel I did

when my daughter had her first child Richard. Richard ..Bud is 25 now .

 

 

I was interrupted when writing the last post. I did not want to lose  my last post.
I wanted to add to the pictures and paintings the fact that I painted from the IPAD when the bus was rolling.
THERE  was not alot of down time for me to paint. I did some of paintings below on the ipad as  we  viewed the sites.
 WHAT is this fascination with rocks and  streams I seem to have?

 I am just back from a great trip TO THE WEST.
UTAH,WYOMING, IDAHO,SOUTH DAKOTA . I highly recommend TRAFALGAR TOURS for their attention to comfort and details. I FOUND THE DRIVER AND  GUIDE  so kind and considerate of the older , less able to maneuver travelers. The trip was made more  enjoyable by the planned trips to museums . JACKSON HOLE IS A GREAT  place to visit for artist  and  collectors of  art.                            I painted the top scene from the balcony of our hotel in Jackson. Also, the second painting of ASPENS was done from the balcony. I fell in LOVElove with theTETON mountains .