by | | Barns, Stables & Animals, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor
This Chester County red barn I sketched quickly while out walking with friends. I make little notes on any tiny sketches I do to indicate what color paints to use later on. That sketch was my reference for a larger drawing on Arches cold press 140 lb paper which I then painted with transparent watercolors. The original sold immediately to a Pennsylvania Collector. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Barns, Stables & Animals, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor
This wonderful farm is hidden away just above Ludwig’s Corner in Pennsylvania. Four of us from the French Creek Art Colony were invited to bring a lunch and set up our easels. Using transparent watercolors on a 140 lb Arches 12” x 16” acid-free paper block, I painted the barn. Judy sat behind me in the lane and included the tree trunks in her pastel. Beth went around the bend – there, to my right – and used oils to paint what she saw down the lane. I love the light when I paint en plein air. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Barns, Stables & Animals, Oil on Canvas, Paintings
This farm in Chester County is fabulous and I have completed a number of plein air oils here. This favorite is a 20″x 16″ oil and was painted on a day so windy that this canvas was blown several times right off the easel into my face. If any smudges and smear marks remain, it’s because they fit right in. Painting was purchased by a Chester County gentleman who liked the impressionistic look. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Barns, Stables & Animals, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor
I went to paint cows but saw this young heifer standing all by herself away from the herd and tried to capture the look on her face. I wanted a different setting (she was in a field near Nantmeal) so I simply made this one up – the young heifer could be going in or coming out. Viewer decides. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Flowers, Paintings, Transparent Watercolor
This delightful lily pond lies next to Jane’s terrace where three of us set up our easels and created three very different paintings – a pastel, an oil, and this, my transparent watercolor. What fun to be painting plein air in the quiet (except for the croaking of many frogs in the lily pond) of the Chester County countryside with art friends of the French Creek Art Colony. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
by | | Paintings, Real Places, Transparent Watercolor
The Hereford Inlet Light is the old coastguard station in Cape May County, New Jersey. The sturdy dory boats were kept in a ground-floor room under those windows at the upper left. There were no trees then. Just beach. When needed, the dories were pulled & pushed across the beach to be launched into the waves for their rescue missions. It was also a lighthouse. Now it’s a museum with a wonderful garden where many weddings take place. I painted this transparent watercolor en plein air from the beach. Share this page on:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...
