Plein Air Day in the Park

A perfect day in Laurelhurst with Jen modeling again, thanks to instigator Za. Big ol' shade trees and lovely painter friends (about eight of us or so)... what could be better? As usual, I got maybe half way to where I wanted to go with this, and will resume in the studio, soon as able.

Update:  I've spent more time on it--this is an updated version--but it's still not finished.  August 2013

Back to the Blue Heron Herbary....

Well I did go back... intending to paint the pond again, but the panoramic is just so beautiful that I pointed myself toward the chicken's house and view beyond, instead. Again--and as always--a few tweaks are needed. (Um, like the bottom third of the painting!) I'm liking the basic palette that Scott provided in the workshop--a "split primary". This is on a little 8"x10" Ampersand gessoboard.

View of the pond... from my studio!

I wanted to paint the Blue Heron pond again, and thought I'd have a go at it in the studio instead of plein air. I think that, with a few tweaks, I can work it out. I like my previous abstracted version--that was done in about 30 minutes at the end of the workshop. Right now, I'm not sure which I like better. Maybe the third time's the charm... if I go back and paint it there.