by admin | May 6, 2017 | destination PACE our first plein air trip
Heading Inland Personally, I found that Lake Havasu City was a bit of a nothing town, just there to service the many snowbird RV’ers (I don’t mean the surrounding landscape, that’s great, just the town itself). Perhaps of interest to any travelling...
by admin | Apr 18, 2017 | painting of the week
Tufted Trio, 12 x 16 soft pastel studio painting. I have to admit that I love these birds and I love this painting. These 3 make me smile just looking at them. The lighting and perspective, looking up at them from below, was perfect for me, enabling me to capture...
by admin | Feb 27, 2017 | destination PACE our first plein air trip
Destination San Simeon, a little further south on the California coast. I couldn’t easily get to the areas of rocky beach that I saw and wanted to paint, so I stayed up on the bluffs and battled the wind. Storm Stack Companion Sometimes when I paint en plein...
by admin | Feb 22, 2017 | destination PACE our first plein air trip
Great Places to Paint: North California Coast Week 1: North California Coast. Storms – no art! I’d never tried to paint the sea en plein air, so had a hankering to give it a go. Off we headed, joining the coast at the southernmost part of Oregon before crossing into...
by admin | Feb 21, 2017 | destination PACE our first plein air trip
Destination PACE: Our first plein air painting road trip Trip Duration 11 weeks: Feb 13 to April 28th Me, Simon and Lucky at home just before the snow arrived Time to escape the snow and the cold. Everything is so beautiful in the West...
