Day 13. Our final day painting together. We chose to do the aloes (agaves is the correct name) by the dam. The light was once again amazing, but I think I was just a bit too slow to capture it properely. I did a watercolour study on day 2 of the painting a day challenge [...]
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Oil Painting, Plein Air
Day 12. I had to take a break from the oils and do something different. So I did two. The sheep were wondering around constantly in front of us. Both of these views are from outside the big shed on the farm. Which is the same area as the oil I did on day 9. [...]
Tagged: Buildings, Holiday Challenge, Pen & Ink, Plein Air, Sketch, Watercolour
Day 11. I really should have spent more time on this one. It was extremely quick. But I did start another one which I completed on the last day of my holiday which was a much more satisfying result. For an idea of what it really looks you need to see my Mom’s here. Check [...]
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Plein Air
Day 10. Another morning session of painting this time. Got a little too absorbed in painting the dead willow tree trunk and ran out of time to do anything else much this time. Check my Mom’s version of the same scene on Facebook to get the more complete picture. Check out the rest of the [...]
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Oil Painting, Plein Air, Trees, Willow
Day 10. Needed to get some more painting in so did another painting just near the house. This is an old fowl run shelter with cyprus tree in the background. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Oil Painting, Plein Air
Day 9. Here we painted the area near the big shed on the farm. We had a few inquisitive sheep that visited us frequently during this session. Check my Mom’s version here. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Oil Painting, Plein Air, Trees
Day 8. Painting the dam with reeds.
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Oil Painting, Plein Air
Day 7 – Painting of the water tank, windmill, fence and bushes.
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Oil Painting, Plein Air, Watertank, Windmill
Plein air oil painting of the gum trees.
Tagged: Bluegums, Holiday Challenge, Oil Painting, Plein Air
Plein air landscape painting of Spitskop hill scene.
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Landscape, Oil Painting, Plein Air
Oil painting study of an old pepper tree.
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Oil Painting, Pepper Tree, Plein Air, Schinus, Tree
Day 3. Sat in a lovely shady spot here in the road by the house so wasn’t pressurised for time. Mom’s version here. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
Tagged: Bluegums, Holiday Challenge, Plants, Plein Air, Trees
Day 2. My second drawing for the day was of a beautiful white or silverleaf poplar tree. I love these trees so much! Was going to be an oil but I discovered I forgot my paints! …and forgot a chair. So. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Plants, Plein Air, Trees
Day 2. Sat under the shade of some bluegums to sketch this little watercolour painting of an agave flowering. We normally just call them aloes, but that is incorrect. The flowers were not they bright yellow yet on this plant. Check out the rest of the holiday challenge results here.
Tagged: Agave, Flowers, Holiday Challenge, Plants, Plein Air, Watercolour
The last Joburg sketchday of the year spent at a fellow sketcher’s house.
Tagged: Building, Garden, House, Oil Painting, Plein Air, Pool, Trees
Dad made me a perfect fitting for my camera tripod to be transformed into an ultra portable and flexible easel for plein air painting and urban sketching. I painted the picture below on the farm (Silvermere), looking down the road. Mom faced the other direction to paint the sunset. There was a fierce wind to [...]
Tagged: Bluegums, Easel, Farm, Oil Painting, Plein Air, Road, Trees
Second Cup Coffee Shop was the perfect place for us to gather for another bout of creativity. On this occasion I turned to my oil paints and make-shift camera tripod easel.
Tagged: 2nd Cup Cofee Shop, coffee shop, Flowers, Garden, Oil Painting, Plants, Plein Air, Shadows, Sketching, Sunlight, Trees
Furrow and Windmill
Plein Air oil painting of a farm furrow leading water to the lands. On the horizon is a windmill with a dam hidden by the bushes.
Tagged: Holiday Challenge, Oil Painting, Plein Air, Windmill