More Plein Air

The day was sunny when I headed out for painting, but got overcast/foggy rather quickly when I got to this location. I don't think I quite captured the "light behind clouds" situation, but it was fun/challenging to try. It was a nice change from the usual blah, perfect blue sky, so often seen in California.



This piece, being only 10" x 8", taught me that it almost doesn't matter how small or big your canvas is - if left unchecked, your mind will make you paint faster or slower according to how much space you have to fill up. The trick is to not fall into this trap. This one took me just as long as other larger sized canvases, but it shouldn't have.



This was a rather cool looking building that I had been wanting to paint for some time. The idea was that if the painting was fairly successful, then I would make a larger version. I didn't feel it was worth it in this case though.




I was rather happy with the depth and lighting in this one. So much so that I may at some point grid it out, paint a larger version based on this small study, then go back to the original spot and work on the details on location.

Done in photoshop.

Scary

An attempt to make something scary. Done in photoshop.

Figure Drawing 2

20 Minute Poses ^




10 Minute Poses ^






5 Minute Poses ^

Figure Drawing

20 Minute Poses ^




10 Minute Poses ^






5 Minute Poses ^

Made these at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. It had been many years, pretty much since college, since I did figure drawing. I almost bought a large newsprint pad for it, but since I hadn't done this in so long I just went with 8.5 x 11 paper and pencil.
It was rather enjoyable. I didn't feel the need to work larger, but perhaps I will at some point. What I would really like to do more is paint a figure with a much, much longer posing time. The maximum pose time for these sessions were 20 minutes.
A bonus to attending these sessions are the cookies they provide, the peanut butter ones almost make it worth it for that alone.