More Plein Air

I painted this a couple of weekends ago but have been too busy with the scenic stuff to post it. It's oil on linen on panel, 8 x 10 inches. It was brutally hot - again - can see why people get those enormous umbrellas!!! And - again - the upside was jumping in the water to cool off.

I'm feeling better in general about painting in plein air - there are things that I like about this and things that I don't - it's too busy I think, but I'm getting better at seeing patterns and sorting out the value shapes I think - from life. Will keep at it of course - hopefully will be able to get out again this weekend - two days off - yeehaa.....

Schroon Lake Haze

Been doing a Ton of scenic work lately so I haven't been in my studio much. I found time last weekend to do this little plein air oil, 6 x 8, up in Schroon Lake, NY. Insanely- I was painting in the full sun with a heat index of over 100 degrees. The total upside was jumping in the water every 15 minutes to cool off. Even with the water relief, I painted very quickly!