Daily Painting 511 Palms and Mangroves Plein Air Alla Prima

Its 8 x 10, oil, I did this in Vero today with my plein air group, the Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast. $200.
We had a nice turnout, at least 14 of us were there. After I painted my husband and I stopped at a new (to us anyhow) observation deck on A1A. Its a short walk to the river. On the way we saw the wild bobcat below the painting, its the first time I have been able to photograph a wild one, seen a few but never with a camera handy. It was a thrill! He didn't stay long, he was very pretty with nice spots. I am guessing he was about 40 pounds, much bigger than a house cat.

Paintings from Florida- Selby Gardens

I enjoyed painting in Sarasota during January with several artist friends. This painting was done one morning outside the gates of the Selby Botanical Gardens. I think the house is used for an office now for the Gardens. When we arrived, the fog was really heavy. Setting up in the parking lot, we blocked in the main shapes and painted the sky a light gray. As soon as the fog lifted, we punched up the colors where the sun was hitting. Lots of fun! This painting is 12 x 16 oil on panel. Email me if interested in purchasing: Durind@Durinda.com, although, I have to say, it's one of my favorites too.
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Industrial Building Sketch

This is out in Altamont TN. I don't know what it was but it needed to be drawn. I have it redrawn on a panel ready for acrylic. I thought about going in for a looksee but it looked scary.

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Blue Flowers
4x6 inches
gouache on acid free mat board

This is the first time I've used the mat board for gouache and I like it really well. My framer gives me tons of little scraps, so why not? The matboard holds the paint up, so it doesn't sink into the paper the way it does on watercolor. It gives the gouache a nice crisp edgework and clean color.

Would you believe we are in bloom up here in north Florida? There is wild plum, and redbud blooming as well as these crazy blue flowered weeds that grow everywhere up here. The odd thing is that it has been quite cold with light frost this week but the blooms are here.

Plein Air Paintings Showing at Reflections Gallery

 
Sandra Babb has three paintings exhibited in the Reflections Gallery on Lee Highway, Chattanooga, TN. The one on the top and the lower one are plein air paintings done on site. The middle one is a pastel from photo because she is not allowed to live in Monet's garden, unfortunately. Fond remembrances are held of painting plein air while there and hopefully some of that freshness is in this pastel.

Late Morning, Daily Painting by Fawn

"Late Morning"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

(ready to frame)

$175.00

Lake Okeechobee. This is down by the boatramp at Lock 7. Can't even see the lake anymore. It is on the other side of all this brush. This little boat channel will take you around the brush and into the lake.

This is the same area Lori painted with me Wednesday. That was fun! You can see her post below. I love the different interpretation of it.

I toned the back ground trees down with some blues to bring out the brighter colors in the foreground. I added the birds when I got home.

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Daily Painting 506 Okeechobee Pond Plein Air Alla Prima

Its 5 x 7 oil. I painted this with Fawn McNeil at Lake Okeechobee.

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New Eagle Bay, Daily Painting by Fawn

"The New Eagle Bay"
8 x 10 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
$150.00

I went to Lake Okeechobee, early yesterday morning and snuck in a painting before Lori came to paint with me! It was very windy and cold up on the levee, but this is one of my favorite spots. Off to the right used to be thick tall grasses and trails of marshy water. Since the whole thing was dredged and dug up it is mostly all sparse grasses. At least the water is coming back.

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Daily Painting 505 Okeechobee Phragmites Plein air alla prima

I had fun today, went to Lake Okeechobee and painted with fellow Daily Painter Fawn McNeil. It was a windy day. Then I went to judge some of the paintings and other artwork for the Top of the Lake show that they are having tomorrow in the town of Okeechobee. It was a lovely selection of works, I had some hard decisions to make. Click on the picture to see it better. The painting is 8 x 10, oil, $200.

Daily Painting 504 Palms by the Indian River Plein Air Alla Prima

Its 8 x 10, oil. We had a great turnout today with my plein air group, Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast. About 15 of us. I had lots of fun watching the pelicans, and other birds below are some photos. I was close enough to hear their beaks clicking and see that some have blue eyes and some have brown. You can click on the pictures to see them larger.

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Daily Painting 502 Mother of Thousands Plein Air

This plant is slowly taking over our yard in spots, I like it though. Each little notch on the leaves will grow a new plant.

I did a demo under the painting, the first is a photo I took of a similar plant. You can click on the pictures to see them larger. I prepare the yupo paper, a couple of colors of watercolor are washed onto the paper, I blow on it and tilt the paper till I like the effect. I lay it flat and I let this dry overnight. Then I took a gel pen, drew the plant. The gel pen I used has ink that is not waterproof so it washes off.
The last part of the demo shows where I have wet sections of the flowers with plain water, blot with a paper towel. Then I start laying the colors in the blotted flowers and leaves.

I am enjoying doing something different other than my usual oil painting. The painting is 5 x 7 $100.

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River Studies
both 4x6 inches
gouache on WC cold press

DAILY PAINTING 500!!!!!!! Its Me! Self Portrait

This is not plein air but its me painting plein air so I thought I would put it here anyhow. If its not okay feel free to remove it.
This is me at Heathcote Botanical Gardens here in Fort Pierce. I think Amy, the director there took the photo I worked from. It was real cold that day, thats why I have the heavy shirt on. Its 8 x 10, oil and not for sale.

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These are both studies for river paintings which I will do in larger format in studio.

4x6 inches
gouache on cold press WC paper

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Kanapaha Gardens Palms
8x10 inches
oil on canvas

Back to oils for a bit larger painting.

Daily Painting 495 On the Bank of the Indian River Plein Air Alla Prima

It was very windy today, this is looking to the North from down on the river bank. Its 8 x 10, oil,

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Cypress on the River
4x6 inches
gouache on cold press watercolor paper

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This is the newest gouache study for my Florida River series. I am finding it to be a good plein air medium for small format studies.

Sandra Babb spreading the word about plein air...

Sandra was the featured artist at "Sacred Sounds Friday" at the Ringgold (GA) depot on the 8th.

Sandra enjoys spreading the word about plein air painting and is continually educating viewers about the challenges and rewards of painting outside on site.

Thanks, Sandra. You are an inspiration to other artists.

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Field Palms
4x6 inches
gouache on coldpress watercolor paper

Here is today's gouache effort on watercolor paper. This is defnitely a fun medium for location work.

Daily Painting 492 The Tangerine Tree Plein Air Alla Prima

The tree is in my back yard. Its 8 x 10, oil,

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Tree Line Vigil by BJ Wright

8" x 10" oil painted en plein air, alla prima, on canvas covered hardboard - $85 including shipping -
The Southwest corner of the meadow meets a tree line at the site of the annual Battle of Tunnel Hill. Here the Yankee soldiers emerge, guns drawn and cannons blazing. It was quiet when I painted this but within an hour the site showed hundreds of Civil War reenactors.
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Palms
5x7 inches
gouache on panel

Today's gouache experiment was interesting but I believe it is definitely a paper medium, at least for me. I struggled with this, getting any kind of contrast and values. It is very very soft on masonite so I had to overcompensate on dark values. I could not get crisp lights at all. Most everything was a midvalue range.

It does varnish nicely and looks better after varnishing. I'll have to experiment some more.

On paper it works beautifully.

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Late Palms
Mail Art
2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
Gouache on Index Paper

I paint with a lot of different mediums amd am always looking for a good medium for location work. I did this miniature in gouache and it handles very nicely with good detail, true color, no darkening like acrylic, and no bad smell like casein. I was impressed with it for all of the above reasons. An easy medium for plein air work. Sorry this is blurry. It is so small, it was hard to photograph.

Daily Painting 490 Old Houses by the Indian River Plein Air Alla Prima

I might get into the Palm Beach Post again, below the painting is one of their photographers, she isn't really laying down on the job, she really is working! She was taking my picture so I thought I would take hers'.

The painting is 6 x 8 inches, oil plein air, alla prima. These houses are across the street from the Manatee Center here in Fort Pierce. $150.

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Ichnetucknee River Study
4x6 inches
acrylic on cold press paper.

This is another study of the river in preparation for the larger studio paintings. I started the first large painting today and will be showing it on my Art Notes blog in stages. Doing these little location studies really help to make good paintings in the studio.

Your first impression is the right one !

"Anything painted directly, on the spot, always has a strength, a power, a lively touch that is lost in the studio. Your first impression is the right one. Stick to it and refuse to budge."
~Eugene Louis Boudin

Shoreline 2, Daily Painting by Fawn

" Shoreline 2"
5 x 7 inches
Acrylic on hardboard
$100.00

This is the second painting I did last Friday at the canal at lock G-36. It was windy and the water was difficult to render. I think I got the feel of it though. I really like the cypress trees on the right.

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Shoreline, Daily Painting by Fawn

"Shoreline"
5 x 7 inches
Acrylic on hardboard
$100.00

Went back to lock G-36 yesterday (which is still closed due to lack of water). It was cool and breezy in the morning, and I wanted to capture the cool, blueish shadows in the rocks. The egrets were all around, so I added one here on the shore.

The water in the rim canal around the levee is getting very full. The water in the lake is still very low. They are not opening up the locks and letting the water flow because all of the canals and creeks will stay too low. I guess they figure people can at least get their boats in the water this way.

It is sad to see what was once a grand wetland with tons of wildlife shrink away to dry land. Lake Okeechobee seems to be disappearing.

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