One of my art goals for this year is to give landscape painting one last go, and see if I can muster any enthusiasm for it by painting outside, from life, rather than from photo refs. As it happened, the December/January Year of Painting challenge on the Painting Friends forum was to either set up a still life, or paint en plein air. I decided to go for it, despite it being the middle of winter and thus rather cold, windy and wet... in the end I actually painted from the relative comfort of my car...
First off, here's the painting. It's acrylic 12" by 8". I was painting for about an hour or so.
Here's a pic of what I was looking at - it's the village cricket team's pavilion, and the cricket field beyond:
And here's my set up - I had the pochade box on my lap. Just about enough room!
I have to say that I enjoyed the experience, so maybe there's hope for me and landscape painting yet. I'll have to get a portable easel if I want to actually paint outside the car one day - if anyone has any recommendations, let me know. Not the greatest painting ever, but I was pleased enough with it for a first outdoor attempt! Roll on the warmer weather!
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sharon que dominio tienes,te queda autentico,enhorabuena guapa,besos,conchi.
ReplyDeleteMuchas gracias Conchi! Fue muy divertido pintar al aire libre.
DeleteYour cricket pavilion is livelier than the real cricket pavilion; painting should please you enough to pursue landscapes further. I'm glad you showed how you set up in the car. I was going to ask that question. I have a box like that, never thought of using it for plein air. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, I did enjoy it, and can see that there's lots of potential (when the weather gets better). My little car was a bit of a squeeze, I'm amazed I didn't end up with paint all over the place...
DeleteBrave to go out in January and be still enough to paint, even in the car! I like your painted version of the scene.
ReplyDeleteI have a portable, a Jakar - its very lightweight and comes with its own over the shoulder carry bag.
Thanks Pat, taking that first step will make the next one easier I'm sure! I have been looking at that Jakar easel, it looks fairly robust as well as being portable.
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