I do not get to visit the ocean very often, due to living in the midwest. Â I thought that a tide would come in slowly and that their would be warning waves that might hit my feet while I painted standing on a large rock. Â I thought wrong. Â There was no warning for this wave that washed over me and my painting gear. Â My husband was nice enough to see the wave coming and take a picture rather than warn me.
While others in my family were busy, I was able to get away to paint this scene along a river. Â It was a bright day and I experimented with my underpainting.
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I invited my cousin’s wife to come paint with me one morning over 4th of July weekend and she said- “Yes!” Â It was fun to introduce her to painting plein air and to have a buddy at sunrise in the park. Â We set up near this bridge. Â It was a gloomy morning and I was waiting and hoping the whole time that the sun would shine through and illuminate the scene.
My family went to the park and while my dad and brother enjoyed boating on the water, I painted this sketch. Â It was July 4th and although the park was crowded, I was able to get up the courage to paint amongst all the people enjoying the nice day.
I got up at sunrise while visiting my parents on July 4th weekend, painted at nearby Aldeen Park and was enchanted by this lone tree in front of the field. The lone tree has room to stretch its branches.
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On a cloudy morning, at sunrise, I got away from my family for a couple of hours to paint. Â I drove to Highbridge Park and looked into the ravine. Â I had to stay close to my car because of the threat of rain.
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Early morning sketch on a hiking path at Shaker Village in KY in June.
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I passed by this scene and then later came back to it. Â I know that once I see something that grabs me, I should stop and paint, but I continually walk past the scene and think I will find something better or just as good further on, or in a more convenient location. Â Inevitably, I just waist time until I get back to that magical point and paint the beauty that I found.
When confronted with all of the green in this picture I started something a little different and focused on creating an image inspired by what was in front of me. Â My process was a little different than normal and I went with what was going on in my mind as I painted the scene.
The weather was threatening rain, but we went to paint anyway and it turned out to be a beautiful evening at Eagle Creek Park.
