Tag: en plein air

Plein air painting a cottage on Salt Spring

  I can hardly believe it’s November already. The days are getting darker and the grey and wet can get me down but remembering wonderful days painting en plein air this summer warms my soul. There’s something about painting outside – you bring the experience and witnessing of nature and the environment inside with you.

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Daily painting – it’s not as easy as you might think!!

  DAILY PAINTING   Earlier this year, I went to Sedona to take a class from an artist I have admired for a long time – Carol Marine.  It was from reading Carol’s blog that I first learnt about the notion of creating a small daily painting, that’s a small painting every day – not

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A plein air outing on Salt Spring Island

  The day was pretty much an overcast one but that didn’t stop me and my Mum and Dad from venturing forth into the wilds of Salt Spring to paint en plein air. Okay, a slight exaggeration since we just went a short way up the hill and around the corner to Sharpe Rd. Such

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