En Plein Air or, Painting Outside

Greetings friends,
On Tuesday I had the good fortune to meet some painters from the Chambersbug, PA arts association. We had an outing to go to the home of some generous folks who invited us to come to their farmland to paint outsisde. Plein air means to paint outside, and I had to be alert to the sunlight, shadows and perspective of the area I chose to paint. I first used a view finder which is a little grey frame I looked through to crop the scene into a smaller area rather than trying to paint to much on my canvas. Then, I did a sketch using blue mixed with red paint to get the main shapes and contrast onto the canvas as a guideline that I would make my painting from. Then I mixed colors together on my palette. The painting turned out with many interesting shapes. It was great to paint with fellow artists and enjoy the fall weather outside.




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