Plein air painting has been pretty good this fall. I'm more motivated to get out and paint due to lack of space in my current in home studio. I've got it set up for encaustic, which does not leave room for an easel too. Now if only I could stay off Pinterest on the day I say I'm writing here. Some days the inspiration and cool finds just do not seem to have an end. Today was one of them....
I seem to have lots of painting ideas flying around in my brain, waiting to settle down and get on canvas or panel. I have to write down little notes about them when they surface, otherwise they risk getting pushed aside from the next idea. Once I have time to focus on paintings I can go to my little book of random painting ideas and see which one gets my attention.
This time of year is my favorite for taking photos also. Some for the pure joy of capturing the moment and others will become paintings during the cold indoor months. Also a show coming up helps me to focus and get these ideas out in paintings. I've been reviewing my reference photos and choosing the ones that get my attention for new paintings in encaustic.
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| First day Plein Air, on a wet underpainting, a bit mushy, but fun to get out and explore my new landscape in Montana |
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| Windy second day out, in David Mensing workshop |
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| Up Bridger Canyon Road, good place to park and paint. |
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| On site vista |
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| Day one cattails and trees |
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| Day two, a couple days later, with a little color change |
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| New favorite painting spot by the Story Mill |
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| Day two, painting fast with impending rain storm, it moved in fast, but I made my sky choice before the cloud took over. |
A few photos from the recent fall days, amazing to watch the changes in just a few days.
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| Sun lit trees! |
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| First snows |
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| Lingering color |
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| Just at sunset |
