Today drove out to Waukesha & met up with John. $3 park fee. Lots of parking. Pretty wide open park. River was nice. A nice lady was kayaking. Mosquitoes were a bit pesky, even in the sun. Not much of breeze. Warm.
I experimented using paynes gray, hansa yellow, burnt sienna and white. Should of used raw sienna instead of burnt sienna to capture the grass color better. Nice green mixed with paynes gray and yellow. Painting OK.
Spent a lot of time talking to the kayaking lady. Only stayed a little while after John left. The mosquitoes chased me away. I had 3 different insect repellents plus a bracelet that didn't work at all. Not sure if the deet free or cutters insect repellent gave me a rash. Deep woods off worked the best but I do not like applying DEET to my bare skin. At least 2 mosquito bites on my face near my eyes.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Forest Home Cemetery 7/6/11
I pulled up and saw Angelika's red car and her walking around. So I walked over by her and we walked around and pretty soon Bonnie pulled up.
Neither wanted to go down into the hollow. I ran down and took pictures of the man-made lagoon. Water was dirty brown with stuff floating in it. So we stayed up in the shade by some bright, orange, tiger lillies. Angelika paints acrylics quite large for plein air probably about 16x20? Wisconsin is green in the summer and gray in winter. She painted me sitting down and painting. That was so cool. Then 2 more people showed up so there was 5 of us in total and we all painted in a group. Bonnie painted with water soluble oil pastels, one person painted watercolor abstracts and Sharon painted in oil.
One of the workers riding in the golf car stopped to see what we were doing but didn't approach us, so I waved at him. Some bicyclists rode by. Very peaceful. I like cemeteries.
There was a double bridge going over the lagoon that had a small island in the middle of it. I struggled to paint it but it turned out ok. I used the same paints as last Sunday; yellow, ultramarine blue, burnt sienna & white. There is such a range in the color of green. I like to mix on the canvas. You can get a real nice dark with burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.
There were a few mosquitoes but not enough that you were breathing them in and the insect repellent kept them away quite well. It's been in the 80s the last few days so we hung out in the shade with the mosquitoes.
Neither wanted to go down into the hollow. I ran down and took pictures of the man-made lagoon. Water was dirty brown with stuff floating in it. So we stayed up in the shade by some bright, orange, tiger lillies. Angelika paints acrylics quite large for plein air probably about 16x20? Wisconsin is green in the summer and gray in winter. She painted me sitting down and painting. That was so cool. Then 2 more people showed up so there was 5 of us in total and we all painted in a group. Bonnie painted with water soluble oil pastels, one person painted watercolor abstracts and Sharon painted in oil.
One of the workers riding in the golf car stopped to see what we were doing but didn't approach us, so I waved at him. Some bicyclists rode by. Very peaceful. I like cemeteries.
There was a double bridge going over the lagoon that had a small island in the middle of it. I struggled to paint it but it turned out ok. I used the same paints as last Sunday; yellow, ultramarine blue, burnt sienna & white. There is such a range in the color of green. I like to mix on the canvas. You can get a real nice dark with burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.
There were a few mosquitoes but not enough that you were breathing them in and the insect repellent kept them away quite well. It's been in the 80s the last few days so we hung out in the shade with the mosquitoes.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Painting in Marinette County 7/3/11
The week before going up north for the 4th of July family weekend was just nuts so I didn't get any painting in. So while the guys and kids went fishing I decided I was going to paint by golly.
Michelle and her mom watched on and off. I showed them my toys; my view finder, my guerilla box, my big brushes, my golden open acrylics, wet palette, why I use rags instead of paper towels (less waste).
Talked a little bit of my procedure, looking for the big shapes, the values - darks/lights, more impressionist than realistic, out to have fun and experiment.
I was pretty happy the way it turned out. I think I caught the golden light as the day went towards sunset.
Michelle and her mom watched on and off. I showed them my toys; my view finder, my guerilla box, my big brushes, my golden open acrylics, wet palette, why I use rags instead of paper towels (less waste).
Talked a little bit of my procedure, looking for the big shapes, the values - darks/lights, more impressionist than realistic, out to have fun and experiment.
I was pretty happy the way it turned out. I think I caught the golden light as the day went towards sunset.
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