"The Church in Eastsound Tide In" watercolor landscape daily painting

Same view with the tide in. I may be coming to the end of this urge to paint watercolor.....It's cooling off a little!......But I still have a few to post..

10x14 watercolor

"The Church in Eastsound Tide Out" watercolor landscape painting

It's really too hot to do anything but work on watercolors........I'm out on the back porch where it stays the coolest.......101 degrees in Seattle today!!.....Sheesh!

10x14 watercolor on 140lb Arches cold press paper sold

"Eastsound Church" Plein air painting , Orcas Island and Awards

I was struck by the intense light hitting this side of the Episcopal church in Eastsound. I set up in a little protected spot on the beach with the break wall to my back and decided to go for a 12x12 plein air painting.....which was great! But it got HOT.....and the sweat was dripping off me as I painted....surprising how long it takes to fill 144 square inches....

The set up for my second painting in Eastsound......Not quite so hot as it was a little later in the afternoon.

The view from where I camped at Doe Bay........Nice place!! ....I only did sketches of Doe Bay but will be painting from my images.

When I came home from the San Juans I had the exciting news that I won first place and best of show for my painting "Kingston Ferry Dock" at the North Kitsap Arts and Crafts show........and when I went to pick up my paintings on Sunday they handed me an award for viewers choice for the painting "City Squall" .....I believe God is confirming my decision to move into painting full time.

"The Lime Kiln Lighthouse" and plein air painting in the San Juan Islands

I have just returned from four days of whale watching and plein air painting in the San Juan Islands. I did six paintings in four days and lots of sketches......also I had many adventures and met up with friend and fellow painter J Matt Miller.

When I came home I received a phone call congratulating me on winning First Place and Best of Show at the North Kitsap Arts and Crafts juried show for my painting "Kingston Ferry Dock". A nice confirmation of my decision to quit the job and paint full time.....=]....PTL!

Lots to do so I will be posting my paintings and pictures from the trip every day for awhile ....Stay tuned!...=].........and thanks for following "In Plein Air"! sold

"Whidby Island Barn" watercolor landscape and sketches

I'm back in action after a week in camp and several days off........I have plenty of reference material to work from and lots of sketches so I hope to be doing a lot of painting.....Also , I am officially a full time artist now!!....=]...

11x14 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper sold

some sketches from Winslow on Bainbridge Island.

Barns coming back from camp in Eatonville.

"Old Hansville Dock" plein air landscape painting

We will be leaving next week for camp so I took some time and went plein air painting with my son Maury. We sat out in the bright sun down by the old Hansville dock. This is the best I could get. 8x10 oil on panel.

"Access Road" plein air oil painting

Took a painting break Between working on my studio and getting ready for "Camp High Rock". I drove down to the empty fields by the WalMart in Poulsbo and set up by one of the access roads. These fields have been left empty, ready and waiting for the next big box store to move in ....Think it will be awhile now.......but they have endless possibilitys for painting....=]..... sold

"Hansville Truck" oil on panel

Every once in a while I have to paint an old truck. This one sits down by the Hansville store. The beach is behind me and I am looking up towards the road...=]

8x10 oil on panel contact robinweiss@earthlink.net sold

"Queen Anne Poppies" oil on panel

I am privileged to announce that I will be an artist showing work at the Directors Gallery on Bainbridge Island. If you live in our area be sure to go down to Winslow for the "First Friday" artwalk and visit the gallery located at 126 Madrone lane.

This change in venue will affect the way I will be selling my work. You can contact me at robinweiss@earthlink.net for more information. At this time paintings will be sold through three galleries that offer my paintings....The Knowles Studio, (see links) The Directors Gallery on Bainbridge Island and "Crow Valley Pottery" on Orcas Island. I will be offering smaller format panel paintings 6x6 and 5x7 for $200.00 from this blog when available. Thanks for your patience as I work out the progression of my career as a full time artist.

This painting was done from a photograph I took up on Queen Anne hill when Annie and I went over for a dinner and picture taking excursion....=]... 8x10 oil on panel sold

"Fields of Gold" oil on gessoed card

I had a bit of a hard time coming up with a title for this painting. But since I am trying to learn the song on my guitar I named it "Fields of Gold". The song was written by Sting but I love the way Eva Cassidy sings it on her album "Live at Blues Alley".

This is yet another view of the field next to Knowles Studio where I get to work (thanks Leigh!)

6x11 oil on gessoed card framed in black foam core

"Counting Sheep" oil landscape painting

There were hundreds of sheep grazing on the lush grass in this field on the Key Peninsula. I mix my greens the way Richard Schmid recommends in his video......Veridian with various yellows and some white.....Me thinks I over-greened the greens....if ya know what I mean.

6x11 oil on panel sold

"Alaskan Way" oil on panel

The Seattle I know and love......drizzly days , cool, with reflecting pools of color and light.....The temps have been in the upper 80's the last few days...Hope this cools you off a bit...=]

8x10 oil on panel contact robinweiss@earthlink.net sold

"Red Purse"

A small 6x6 study for a larger painting in the works... from Post Alley in Seattle. sold

"The Walker" figure landscape painting

I captured this image as I was walking back from Faith Bible Church on 13th and Yessler a few Sundays back. It was a beautiful Sunday morning and the light was illuminating the spring flowering trees.

8x10 oil on panel sold

"The Smoker"

From my Seattle city images.

8x10 oil on panel sold

"The Pond at Allair Farm" oil , landscape painting

Still obsessed with this little pond at Allair.....something about the afternoon sun striking the old growth cedar stump out in the water. If you live in the Pacific Northwest and get out in the woods at all, you would be familiar with a scene like this ......the huckleberries growing atop old stumps hundreds of years old.....This is a studio painting using pictures and sketches from my last field trip to the farm.....not quite sure if I am finished with it yet...Thinking about adding the Mallard duck that I observed landing in the water.

14x18 oil on canvas...

"Spring Day" landscape, oil painting

I have spent a wonderful week getting reacquainted with my fiance, Ann, who has just returned from an eighteen month commitment to serve as a nurse, helping in the clinic at New Hope Kassana in Uganda. I am very thankful to have her home and look forward to serving as a couple in the work that God will lead us in the future, beginning with a week in July, as nurse and cabin counselor at camp "High Rock", a summer camp for kids from the Yakima Tribe in White Swan, in association with Harrah community church and Sacred Road Ministries.

In between I will be trying to keep up with my painting!.......I couldn't resist the sunlight illuminating this flowering plum tree on Lemolo Shore Dr.

12x12 , oil on canvas , sold

"A Little Dingy" oil marine painting

I was sketching in Gig Harbor several weeks ago and took a long distance photo of this little boat. When I got back to my computer and downloaded the image I zoomed way in and got this little composition which I then painted. I was having so much fun with the palette knife on this one I left it as is.

12x12 oil on canvas sold

Allair Farm, Plein air landscape

Another awesome day of P.A. painting at Allair Farm in Poulsbo. In the morning I met with the owner Barbara. She kinda reminds me of Katherine Hepburn....She graciously allowed me access to the grounds for painting..They have beautiful horses there and each one had a cute little baby...

8x10 oil on panel contact robinweiss@earthlink.net sold

I found a good spot by a little pond that afforded a great view of the farm with the horses in the distance.....well you can see for yourself in the picture!...=]

This was my second painting of the day and the scene that first attracted me to Allair....I saw this stump of what must have been old growth fir sticking up out of this little woodland pond. The afternoon sun was hitting it at about 4:00 pm and just lit it up ......I almost started to cry out there because I could NOT capture the scene....=/......But I have to try again!!....When I told Barbara I was going to paint this pond she said..."Why on earth would you want to paint down there!"

8x10 oil on panel contact robinweiss@earthlink.net

Plein Air Painting Tips. Haven't been posting but I'm not slacking!

With the nicer weather beginning I have been wanting to get set up for plein air painting out of the studio and out of the car......so I have modified my old backpack into a P.A. pack with all of the stuff I need to do four paintings and bring them safely out of the woods. I took some of my ideas from Tom Browns excellent P.A. tips PDF which I highly recommend downloading if you are interested....I took it out for a test drive today and did a couple paintings out in the woods......everything worked perfectly..... this time.......and I didn't find that I was out in the middle of nowhere with out paper towels or my white paint ....or my camera....sheesh!!!....or my coffee or garbage bags!!

"White Trillium" 8x8 oil on panel contact robinweiss@earthlink.net

Here's the palette. Modified clip board connected to a drywall mud hock screwed into my camera tripod. ....say that ten times fast....

This shows a funny looking guy squinting at something in the trees.......Oh , and there's the backpack.....I used a piece of pvc pipe to make a third leg, there by giving me an extra table to put my brushes and stuff on. you can sort of see the box behind the backpack that holds three extra panels. They slide in and are protected from damage.......There you have it! Ready to go for the summer.......

Here's the second painting I did. I was attracted by the spring flush on the huckleberry bush surrounded by the tall fir trees. 8x10 oil on gessoed card sold

I will be doing a lot of painting outside this year, but also taking time off to be with my girl when she comes home from Uganda , April 30th....Yea!!! Only 11 days!.....I can't wait to see her again! See my archived posts from July 2008 to see Ann and the paintings and drawings I did from my time at New Hope Kasana in Uganda.

"City Squall" oil on canvas

Been having trouble with my photo downloading program so I don't have the pictures of the plein air painting trip I took with my son Maury this weekend......I am posting this painting I did in the studio today. Think I achieved the looseness in brushstroke I was trying to get.
A typical scene in Seattle on a typical rainy day!....

12x16 oil on canvas....... winner of the Viewers Choice Award at the North Kitsap Arts and Crafts show SOLD

"In the Lead" oil on canvas, commission painting

It was fun working on this commission painting. I spent quite a bit of time working on this one so it will be good to get back to some projects I have in mind....unless , of course , you have a picture or portrait you would like me to paint....=]......contact...robinweiss@earthlink.net

20x24 oil on canvas sold

Portrait , oil painting

I'm posting this painting as what can happen if you don't take care to be sure the foundation of your painting is properly sealed. The only thing I can figure is that something on the panel that I used bled through the paint and caused the dark lines to come through on her face. I was using some masonite like material that I picked up for free , cut up into panels and then gessoed front and back to seal. Think I will stick to Ampersand brand panels from now on.

8x10 oil on panel

"Tide Flats" oil landscape painting

I know I promised some portrait work but I had some problems with a panel I was painting on..Evidently there was some bleed through of something on the panel....For now this landscape of some tide flats out on the Key Peninsula..

I'm also working on a commission....I'll keep you updated...=]... sold

"Vase of Peonies" floral oil painting

Funny how I get on a roll with a subject or color......One more floral still life to round out the group.......I have moved on to some portrait work, thinking I need to strengthen my skill in that area......Thanks for stopping by!

8x10 oil on panel contact robinweiss@earthlink.net