An Artist's Sketchbook

Plein Air Paintin...

I joined the PAPWP group on Sunday the 8th at Phipps Conservatory. It ended up being a beautiful day and the gardens were a great place to paint. This painting is from the side gardens looking out across Panther Hollow to the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. 10 x 12 Oil on panel.



This one was a quick grab of some purple flowers that were to my right. I don't recall the name of the flowers(I need to start carrying a notebook to jot down notes),but I had just finished with the Cahtedral painting and a nice beam of sunlight was shining on these purple flowers and the scene was so dramatic. So I moved my easel and started to paint them. Unfortunatly as quickly as the sun hit the flowers, it just as quickly went away. Iwas in a bad position as the sun was behind filtering through a tree. So everything would either be in complete shadow or direct sunlight, depending on how the tree branches moved. So I only spent about fifteen minutes on this. Quick and dirty. 10 x 12 Oil on panel