plein air paintings and figure drawing

The weather was incredible this week, so I took advantage and painted out doors as much as I could.

                                 
                                      

 

This is the view from our house. 

 

It was really windy today so I lashed my easel down with some tent stakes and tied my pallet to the easel and went for it. I put this painting down to start another and the wind blew a bunch of dirt into the wet paint. I think it made it look better.

 

If you look close, this also has dirt in the paint. I have to figure out a way to protect my finished field studies until I get back to the car.

  This weeks figure drawing was a lesson in foreshortening.

Figure Drawing and painting for the week

It seemed like a good day to paint out side yesterday, but when I got to my spot, the wind picked up. I tried to paint anyway. I had to hold on to the easel while I worked. At one point the wind ripped the canvas off my board. The wind kept getting stronger and stronger. Finally  It blew my pallet over and when I was picking that up the easel went over. Still I tried to put some kind of finish to the painting. When I got home I repainted the scene from a photo and the colors I came up with in the original. This is the end result.

A quick reminder, if you want to see a larger version of these , just click on the thumbnail.

Nude seated female figure drawing

This is my drawing from the Wed night figure drawing session. It was the last session  of the year. I struggled a  bit in the beginning, but pulled it together and finished a nice drawing. I am glad because I wanted to end the year on a good note.