Do you love to travel and do you love great art?
Has the great outdoors been calling you, but you can't come out and play! Well, just sit back and relax in your nice bug-free zone and enjoy my wild adventures.
Can You Believe This! In Yucaipa, we are actually getting storm clouds, in the middle of summer! I can't believe this. At first, I said to myself, nope, can't go out and paint, it's going to rain. Then I said, Oh, My Gosh! It's going to rain. Finally I am going to have a different sky! So, out I ran with my paintbox, set up quickly, and started to paint.
I really enjoyed painting this Palm Tree. I was just so happy to see a different sky! This is an original watercolor, 4.5"x9", painted en plein air.
Live, love and paint,
Terry Please Share my Adventures to all of your Creative Friends by clicking theSHARE THISbutton below.Thank You - Terry
New Colors I am really enjoying my old/new colors. I use mostly my old palette, but got rid of the payne's grey. I love the payne's grey. It makes it sooo easy to create a wonderful backdrop so my foreground elements would come forward. However, after spending some time as an oil painter, I got into mixing my greys from yellow, red and blue, and can't seem to get out of that habit.
Payne's grey is great for plein air painters. It makes mixing colors real quick. Especially since we play beat the clock with the sun.
Todays whole point in painting was creating a focal area. I believe I did that nicely. I'm sure that you can guess where my focal area is. It is where my lightest light, and my darkest dark is. There are other ways to create a focal area, but I'll save that for another interesting blog.
Live, love and paint,
Terry
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I love the little hills in Redlands. We're surrounded by them! someone told me that they are not hills. That a glacier passed through here umpteen years ago and left these little valleys. COOL!
I don't really care what caused it. I'm just glad that they are here to paint and enjoy!
Live, love and paint,
Terry
Watercolor - 9 X 12 Please Share my Adventures to all of your Creative Friends by clicking theSHARE THISbutton below.Thank You - Terry
Sunset at Home Someone asked me why I paint sooooo many pictures of Palm Trees. Well, that is for days that I can't get in the car and go out and paint.
Sunset at Home - Original - Watercolor - 9 X 12
So, why am I stuck at home? Our bird laid an egg, and now she wants to nest sit. (Silly girl, you need a boyfriend to have babies:)
Anyhow, I really enjoy painting Palm Trees, and I might actually have a career in that. Dont'cha think? I know alot of people have commented that Palm Trees are difficult, and they can be. but I can assure you, that if you do 1 a day, then after a month, they will come to you easily. You'll learn specifically what to look for.
Anyhow, Love, Live and Paint, - Terry
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I really enjoy my summer nights in Yucaipa. The fresh air, the hiking trails, and the live bands that play music. This is the first summer that I'm able to get away and appreciate such things.
The Alley Cats played last night. They were a 50's band. sort of like Shah-Nah-Nah. I really enjoyed that group in the 70's. Anyhow, with the music going, it was great to listen and paint.
Now, this painting may seem a little disjointed. That's because I was trying a few different color combos. Once I got to the point where the combo worked, I would stop. That's why the trees on the left look disjointed. Once I got to the point where the kids looked like one group, I stopped. Etc.
I rarely paint that way. But I am dedicated to learning my new palette.
Live, love and paint,
Terry
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Home Study I'm working out of this terrific book. I bought it a few years ago. It's called, "Creating Impressionist Landscapes in Oil, by Whisson.
I use this book when I can't get outside and paint from life. Unfortunately, his demonstrations are in oils. But I'm okay with that, even though I consider myself a Watercolorist.
Creating Eye Paths One of the most interesting things that I discovered is creating eye paths. On this composition, on the right is a mass of shadow. What makes it unique is that it forms little arrows pointing to the lake. The little clump of grass on the left, shadows, point to the lake.
Palm Trees at Laundrymat So, next I've been working on creating little eye paths in my trees. Do I want the viewer to look up, down, left or right. So, that was alot of fun. California is great. I love looking at all different types of Palm Trees.
Finally - Plein Air Painting, Again While my friends enjoyed fishing, I decided to get out my little set of watercolors and do a quick painting. I loves sitting out under a shade tree and painting. The sights, the smells. Laughter was in the air, as the children were playing with the fountains of water.
I only had a couple of colors of paint. It really forced me to think creatively. I had to keep telling myself, painting the correct value is more important than painting the correct color
Live, love and paint,
Terry
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Hi, I'm Terry, and I love going out to paint. It's alot of fun, but it's also alot of hard work.
In my hikes, I've come across huge jumping spiders in the south, rattlesnakes and tarantulas in the west, and horrible bites from mosquitos and no-see-ums in Florida.
Can you imagine, hiking a trail, trying to scout out a nice location, and there's a huge alligator in your way!
Well, that's what life is like for me, and oh yes, I enjoy it very much
WEBSITEAdventures in Plein Air - Here, you will find all of the latest information! So, if you are curious about what workshops I'm teaching, or what Art Clubs I'm demonstrating at, go to my website.CONTACT Me
caipa, we are actually getting storm clouds, in the middle of summer! I can't believe this. At first, I said to myself, nope, can't go out and paint, it's going to rain. Then I said, Oh, My Gosh! It's going to rain. Finally I am going to have a different sky! So, out I ran with my paintbox, set up quickly, and started to paint.
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