Monday, June 22, 2015

"Stone Cottage with Grape Vines" (oil on stretched canvas; 11" x 14")


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On the second day of Danni Dawson's workshop, I decided to paint the studio of her husband and fellow artist Mike Francis, a charming stone cottage with wooden doors draped with grapevines.  As I painted the scene in the shade of a plein-air umbrella, the overcast sky eventually cleared by the afternoon.  The sun moved to cast the lovely shadows of grape leaves on the old, patinaed doors.

I used to "mass produce" these plein-air paintings two a day during a workshop.  No more!  I took my time by carefully observing the growth patterns and cast shadows of grape leaves, and finished the painting on the following day.  It was a lot of fun and not as exhausting!



2 comments:

  1. What a charming painting! It is much too hot in ABQ to paint outdoors now.

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    1. It's a sauna in northern Virginia! I am not painting outside either.

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