Plein air in the garden
23 08 2006Yesterday I went out to the Tuckahoe Plantation here in Richmond for some morning plein air painting. Once one of the boyhood homes of Thomas Jefferson, the plantation is now a private residence. Visitors can visit the gardens for a small fee. While the grounds aren’t large, they provide hundreds of possibilities for paintings.
It was a fun morning. The only glitch was that once I got going I saw that I had exactly three paper towels! I use paper towels to constantly wipe my brushes off and keep my strokes full of clean color. Having only 3 tissues was….interesting. I think by the end of the session I had more paint on me than on the canvas!
Here is my painting as it appears after my morning plein air session, with no revisions. I will call it “Summer Roses”. It measures 12×12″, oil on canvas. I will probably go in with a touch or two here and there, but I like the freshness of this little piece, so I won’t want to change it too much.
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I love the colors in this one, particularly those blues near the center of the painting, they just sparkle!!
Thank you for the encouragement Jan! I really appreciate it. Love your blog, BTW. Very inspirational and lots of good info for the plein air enthusiast!
Best,
Jennifer