Yesterday’s plein air paintings of the Alameda bicycle bridge.

Focused on the junction where the bridge lands on Bay Farm.

Realizing the new acrylic markers don’t have dark tones, they are all tinted quite a bit.

Also next time, I have to treat it like figure drawing with time limits so I have to hustle

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Plein Air Barn

My mom and I went plein air painting today. We love barns. She walks her dog near this I've occasionally so we decided to paint it.

#art #digitalart #painting #pleinair #barn #landscape #trees #outside #grass #touchgrass #openair #timelapse

I had a lovely morning painting by the river the other day. The lines on the lower left are meant to be shadows on the path, but look a bit odd. Something to work on next time! #pleinair #oilpainting #MastoArt
Also it was much warmer and the sun was high so I could actually do layers of washes and have them dry. Patience is all well and good but working with nature—my own impatient nature and the bright sun—beats trying to change it.
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Round two of todays plain air outing. I figured out an OK way to get the feeling of little houses. Also, the trick to avoid overworking paintings is two paint multiples at the same time. That’s what I did here. #watercolor #pleinair
A big part of the pleasure of plain air painting is that you get to look at something beautiful for a long time, much longer than you would otherwise. If the painting works out, it’s a bonus. I seem to be developing the habit of doing multiple versions #watercolor #pleinair

I have been trying to quickly capture my father’s living room. Happy with how parts turned out, though it’s hard to get a cohesive composition with so many part in it. Also, the glare is quite brutal so it photographed quite poorly. Anyways, I don’t paint lots of interiors, wanted to try it.

#interiors #oilpainting #painting #livingroom #allaprima #pleinair #art #mastoart #fediart #kunst #Schilderij