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| "Airstreams and Tractors" 9x12 oil on panel Sold |
There were so many adventures and so much fun meeting new friends that it will be hard to condense it all down. To start off I was juried into the show and given host housing with Jinx and Gunar in Sequim, WA. That turned out great because I had the opportunity to paint more in that area like Chi's Farm where Airstreams and Tractors was done.
The long row of bright yellow sunflowers was the first thing that grabbed my attention driving down Towne Rd looking for a good painting location . I pulled the van into the driveway and saw a small, neat little farm with a small shack and few Airstream trailers. The shack had a sign inviting friends to come in and pick up their eggs leaving money in a can on the desk. There was a card describing the farm as a CSA and a phone number of the manager. I called the number and explained that I was an artists and would love to paint on location there.
Ankur enthusiastically said"Great! It's a good day, we are having our end-of-the-month pizza and veggie pick up party. I had noticed a thick column of smoke coming from the back yard but didn't know that it was a home made, clay pizza oven! Well that sounded good to me so I set up the easel and started my first painting.
Click HERE to learn more about Chi's Farm
I wanted to capture the first thing that impressed me about the farm. The sunflowers! So I set up to do that painting first. I will post the finished painting in my next post.
My under-painting shown here was drawn in with a "drawing brush' and then filled in to fix my composition and values before starting in with color. This has been my standard way of getting started on a plein air painting and it works for me...=]
By the way...part of my award for winning Best of Show at PTP 2015 was getting the winning painting printed on a wine label for Camaraderie Cellars signature"Plein Air" wine. A portion of sales are used to benifit the Port Angeles Fine Art Center If you are interested in learning more about PACAC and this wine click the link HERE
If you would like to go directly to the page where you can order this wine from the Camaraderie Cellars website click the link HERE
The long row of bright yellow sunflowers was the first thing that grabbed my attention driving down Towne Rd looking for a good painting location . I pulled the van into the driveway and saw a small, neat little farm with a small shack and few Airstream trailers. The shack had a sign inviting friends to come in and pick up their eggs leaving money in a can on the desk. There was a card describing the farm as a CSA and a phone number of the manager. I called the number and explained that I was an artists and would love to paint on location there.
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| The pizza oven |
Ankur enthusiastically said"Great! It's a good day, we are having our end-of-the-month pizza and veggie pick up party. I had noticed a thick column of smoke coming from the back yard but didn't know that it was a home made, clay pizza oven! Well that sounded good to me so I set up the easel and started my first painting.
Click HERE to learn more about Chi's Farm
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| Chi's Farm |
I wanted to capture the first thing that impressed me about the farm. The sunflowers! So I set up to do that painting first. I will post the finished painting in my next post.
My under-painting shown here was drawn in with a "drawing brush' and then filled in to fix my composition and values before starting in with color. This has been my standard way of getting started on a plein air painting and it works for me...=]
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| Plein Air wine from Camaraderie Cellars |
By the way...part of my award for winning Best of Show at PTP 2015 was getting the winning painting printed on a wine label for Camaraderie Cellars signature"Plein Air" wine. A portion of sales are used to benifit the Port Angeles Fine Art Center If you are interested in learning more about PACAC and this wine click the link HERE
If you would like to go directly to the page where you can order this wine from the Camaraderie Cellars website click the link HERE
2 comments:
What a fantastic post, Robin! What adventures you have! Your painting is delightful, full of captivating color and great brushwork! Congrats on the awards, too! Gosh, a wine label with your painting! What fun!
awesome! love tractors! you rocked it!
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