In this blog post I am reporting on some plein air painting that I have been doing of late. Here in Oregon the weather doesn't cooperate much and one has to take advantage of whatever sun breaks occur. Yesterday I was in the Coburg area and painted from in front of the high school.
Painting on white canvasboard (unprimed) gives an immediate effect, very much stronger than when painting on a toned ground. The colors and the darks are more intense.
Here is another oil sketch on white canvasboard. In this composition, wet in wet painting is done using thick paint and not bothering to draw at all. Everything is massed in with brushes and I am working as fast as possible.
This painting is more finished but was still completed in one session.
One in my Italian beach series. Here the loose brushwork is actually calligraphic drawing that is used for a minimalist rendering of the scene. The idea is to keep the painting minimalist and fight the temptation to finish it to death.
The painting above was completed in several sessions at a location near my home. Note that painting in Oregon is somewhat delusional. The sun comes out but the sky is always full of grey values. This tends to deepen the greens which are truly lush.
On the other hand many plein air artist have difficulty with the sky and they tend to make it too muddy and too grey.
It is important to get enough blue into the sky and to use violets and violet-blues to represent dark areas in the clouds.
1 comment:
i love the concept of this approach and want to try it. what exactly is white unprimed canvas board and where do i get it?does the bookstore sell it? keep up the great work. barbara weinstein
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