Twilight

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Here's a quick little painting of a moment last summer on the edge of a lake at twilight. Such peace and tranquility. Exactly why we holiday!

I recently commented on Lorraine Shirkus blog and she appreciated my comment. So I went back to see what I had said, and thought hmm... not a bad explanation. Maybe I should share that on my own blog.

Lorraine was questioning the artists' expression "Paint what you see" and I responded with my interpretation of those words: "I think painting what you see", means to see and capture the tonal value, colour temperature, light, reflections, the colour in the shadows, all the things that make a painting from life beautiful. From there, how we make our marks, whether we want to blend the paint into refined realism, or create a more abstracted version of what we see, is what makes the painting ours. It's our signature. I hope that interpretation has some value for some of you. I think I'll attach it to my easel, I'm sure it could be valuable to me!

Twilight

Lone Lemon

Original Oil on Canvas Panel  6 x 6  $85 + s/h

In this painting I continued with my goal of painting what I see. Working on getting the colour and value tones just right. I have found that when painting reflections, whether on water, or on something reflective like this stainless steel bowl, it's best to forget what you're painting and just paint the abstract shapes. 

 

Lone Lemon

Day Two Plein Air

Duck Pond  Original Oil Painting  8 x 10  $65 + s/h

 

It was the Victoria Day long weekend in Canada, so we doubled our pleasure and fit in two days of Plein Air painting. I'm painting beside the duck pond, with the bright green of the golf course showing through the trees. As soon as I saw that green grass glowing in the background and reflecting onto the water, I knew I had to paint it. I managed to approach the scene with a bit more simplicity, but I have to really work on simplifying even more. I'm on a big outdoor painting learning curve, and it's going to be a long and hopefully enjoyable journey. :-)


I won't be posting again until after the weekend, because I'm heading over to Vancouver for
"A Painting a Day" workshop with Liz Wiltzen which I'm really looking forward to. Check out Liz's blog. She's working on a project called '100 Paintings in 100 Days'. She painting most of her daily paintings in the Canadian Rockies, against all weather and temperature odds, and the results are simply beautiful.

Day Two Plein Air

Sunday Afternoon

Sunday Afternoon   Acrylic on Canvas   30 x 24  $550 + s/h
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While living in the Southwest of France, in Toulouse, we would head out in any direction and just discover whatever we came across. On this particular day, we came upon the city of Albi. I took this photo from the ramparts above the river. There were stone bridges crossing the river one after the other as far as we could see. Bridges that people had been crossing for probably a thousand years. I thought it was so great to be able to fish while looking at a view so rich in history. I really enjoyed painting the reflections of the city onto the surface of the water.

 

Sunday Afternoon