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Scaling down for Plein Aire painting
Boy, did we have a ball in Augusta, Mo. The plein aire trip was amazing. The weather for the most part cooperated except for a few rainy days. Didn't stop us though, we just put up the umbrella and painted on!
It was wonderful having my daughter-in-law along. She is a new artist who paints in watercolors. This was her first plein aire event and it was quite fun to see her reaction to the weather,bugs, snakes, and terrain. Watching her was actually an education in and of itself. She also provided the comic relief when-as we were painting all her stuff went into Femme Osage creek-luckily she did not follow. She also found out what true plein aire means when we climbed down an embankment to spend the day painting a a wonderful creek just outside of Definance. The carry down was okay but after painting there for four/five hours, the carry back up proved a little more difficult.
We stayed in a wonderfully restored 1860's cabin where the grounds were an inspiration for paintings everywhere you turned.
One of the things I learned myself, is just exactly how little I needed to haul around to make a painting. We have already started our list for next years event and trust me WE WILL BE CARRYING LESS!
I'll write more about the trip itself and the materials used in the next blog as soon as I get some of the paintings loaded up on the website.
Happy Painitng!
Jennylynne
It was wonderful having my daughter-in-law along. She is a new artist who paints in watercolors. This was her first plein aire event and it was quite fun to see her reaction to the weather,bugs, snakes, and terrain. Watching her was actually an education in and of itself. She also provided the comic relief when-as we were painting all her stuff went into Femme Osage creek-luckily she did not follow. She also found out what true plein aire means when we climbed down an embankment to spend the day painting a a wonderful creek just outside of Definance. The carry down was okay but after painting there for four/five hours, the carry back up proved a little more difficult.
We stayed in a wonderfully restored 1860's cabin where the grounds were an inspiration for paintings everywhere you turned.
One of the things I learned myself, is just exactly how little I needed to haul around to make a painting. We have already started our list for next years event and trust me WE WILL BE CARRYING LESS!
I'll write more about the trip itself and the materials used in the next blog as soon as I get some of the paintings loaded up on the website.
Happy Painitng!
Jennylynne
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