An Artist's Sketchbook

Paintin...

I wasn't going to post the painting I did on my first plein air outing. But after thinking about I thought what the hell, I will post it. Even though I do not like this painting, the whole point of starting this blog in the first place was to track my progress and progression as an artist. I am actually starting to like this painting. The reason being that I can look at it now and see all of the things that need to be improved, or how I could have done it better. So, I am learning a lot from this painting and, from that outing. There is another plein air outing coming up this Sunday, and being that it is a bi-week for the Steelers (they generally meet at 2:00, an hour into game time), I am planning on attending.

This is oil on 10 x 12 panel. It is a view from Mt. Washington looking down the Monongahela river valley ( Monongahela is a Lenape[Native American] word for "High bluffs", or "falling banks"). The Southside of Pittsburgh is on the right.

I hope to return in a year and paint the same scene to see how much progress I have made.