Twighlight

 

A busy Day

I started my day with a Americano with 2 add shots from my favorite coffee hangout Jedidiah Coffee and headed down to paint at Heisler Park in Laguna.

I had a quick and productive 2 hour painting session. This is how far I got in that time.

This is the finished piece. I found a new collector while finishing this up.

I was painting in support of ART+NATURE show at the Laguna Art Museum with Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.

I then went to Quorum Gallery to do my sitting rotation.

Once at Quorum I rotated out my art in the window and my wall space.

I took down all my oil paintings and hung 6 gouache paintings. 

I am pretty excited about my skill growth in my gouache painting. This is end of my second year painting in gouache.

Once I finished hanging my new paintings I made a quick Royal Hawiian happy hour and hurried back to host art walk.

Classic vibes and good food.

I closed out the night selling 3 pieces from our newest permanent artist Mary Gehley!

A great end to a full day of art!

A Day in Paradise

 

New Medium for Plein Air Painting

My first plein air gouache painting 22"x32". Picnic Beach
 

symphony

 Moody Symphony is a plein air gouache on 400# hot press watercolor paper measuring 22"x32".  

Mixing It Up

 Lately I have been trying to get more painting out of every session.  About a month ago I completed 3 paintings in one sitting. It was 8 hours of pure concentration and effort.  The paintings were all plein air pastel on board.  Two of the paintings were 24"x36" and one was a 24"x24".  So most days are 2 paintings start to finish. No touch ups back at the studio.  The purpose is to develop fully expressed paintings without carrying them over to another day or finishing them in the studio.  The studio can become a crutch. 

 

For this session I started with this pastel on board.  It took me longer than I intended.  I put extra time into the development of the Blue Agave in the foreground.  I then painted a large gouache.  I just started painting in gouache in February.