Newest Endeavour :: PleinAirBC.com
My newest endeavour is aimed at bringing plein air artists together in BC. The site is called Plein Air BC. Please come and visit.
Read MorePlein Air :: March 11, 2010
I was able to get out for about and hour and a half this afternoon. Nice and cloudy with some rain puddles here and there. I went back to the spot I found near Minnekada Park and it was much different to paint this time around. Everything was much more muted. Froze my fingers off too....
Read MorePlein Air :: Feb 28, 2010
Aaaaaaah, getting out today was great. Cloudy in the morning but then the sun came out in the afternoon and really warmed everything up. In the morning I went to Port Moody and painted the boardwalk over a marsh, but ended up forgetting the camera. :( Next outing took me down the road to Minnekada Park. I was able to find two areas to pull over and paint a couple great scenes. Let me know what you think in the...
Read MorePlein Air :: De Boville Slough
Great weather for painting today. Warm, bright, little wind and overcast. I headed out to De Boville Slough to find a spot to paint the water. I set up in the soon to be overgrown grass and faced my box east. I painted for about two hours with a final result I am happy with but, in reflection, contained some errors in value. Oh well, it’s a learning process. ...
Read MorePochade Box :: Newest Toy
Since I am enjoying oil painting so much I wanted a way to be portable so I can paint ouside on vacation or on a day trip to the park. I research pochade boxes for at least four months before deciding on the boxes produced by Alla Prima Pochade Boxes by Ben Haggett. Specifically, the 'Yellowstone'. His boxes are beautifully built, but best of all, highly functional. His use of magnets to keep doors closed, drawers from pulling out and as a height adjustment for the panel retention system is ingenuous. It all mounts onto a tripod for stability and ease of height adjustment. There is...
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