TREE BY ITALIAN LAKE By Cecelia Lyden

oil on panel 8x10 http://www.cecelialyden.com/

We arrived at Italian Lake in Harrisburg around noon. The sun was high and the shadows were short. We had been out investigating another site for plein air painting in the morning, so we did not get to the lake at an ideal time for painting--but I found a shady area across the lake from this tree and painted it. A gentle breeze made this another pleasant painting experience.

Among The Trees by Deborah Nell

Among The Trees by Deborah Nell
11"x16" Watermedia on Yupo paper

Today is such a beautiful day that I decided to try and paint plein air. I normally paint from my imagination so this was a big stretch for me. I painted some trees on our property. My hat is off to all of you who paint plein air. It is not easy, as I knew it would not be. I had fun painting and may try it again sometime.

Fields of Sunshine Jane Ramsey Plein Air Watercolor

"Fields of Sunshine," plein air watercolor, 12 x 9

What a memorable day painting in this field of sunflowers with members of the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters. The weather was perfect, warm with low humidity. The blaze of sunflowers with their faces all turned towards the sun was magical. I loved the backdrop of the stately old barn with the roof line softened by the climbing vines. Many thanks to our lovely hosts, Eric and Nancy Olson.

This painting is for sale and currently on exhibit with other paintings from members of the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters at the Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th Street, Camp Hill, PA.

Visit my website or blog to see more of my work.

Andy Smith, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

Shaker Still Life #15
6"x4" Miniature Original Watercolor
A Painting A Day

Part of the purpose of my blog is study and
my own growth as an artist. Lately I have been
interested in angles.  Looking at subjects
from up high and down low. How the vantage
point changes ones perception. I challenge you
to look around, pay attention as you walk up and
down steps, notice how objects change.

www.andysmithartist.com
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Back To School Time - Debi Watson Watercolor

I actually went out to photograph school buses one morning. I was probably the only driver who wanted to be behind a bus. Unlike wildlife, school buses are easy to find and photograph. I just kept taking a photo every time it stopped, until I got a composition that made a good painting. I love morning light - it's my favorite, with the sideways shadows, very dramatic! This painting is in private collection. www.debiwatson.com

'Watercolor Study of a Male Sockeye Salmon in Freshwater Spawning Dress' by Thom Glace

Transparent Watercolor on Crescent Mat Board

Image Area: 9" x 4.5".

Late addition to a triple image study of Northwestern Amercia

Salmon in Freshwater Spawning Dress

The other two are:

Chinook Salmon

Coho Salmon

THOM GLACE WATERCOLORS

www.thomglacewatercolors.com

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September exhibit - more than a year since David Bottini exhibited in Harrisburg.

I began working on my favored light and environmental effects at locations from two trips to formal gardens. As my second and third paintings emerged - I realized I have a related theme that is worth pursuing with more paintings.

Here are 3 paintings in what I am calling my "Off The Path" series ...

These and many other paintings are part of a local (Central Pa) September exhibit.

Preview during Harrisburg Arts Walk, Sunday Sept. 11, 11 - 6

SEPTEMBER 16 OPENING ART RECEPTION, 6 - 9 pm.
featured artist: DAVID BOTTINI

"Off The Path" new work ranging in scale from 60 X 48" to 8 X 8",
paintings "for Gabriel".

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Gallery @ 2nd - 608 North 2nd Street - Harrisburg,PA - info: (717) 233-2498

"Green Farm Equipment" by Taryn Day

 

oil on panel

5"x7"

     Hurricane Irene has made her exit, leaving in her wake brilliant blue skies, cooler temperatures and a soppy ground.    When I'm painting farm equipment I'm always a bit anxious that it might stop posing and be driven off to work.  

This title, "Green Farm Equipment" is very dull.  I would love to know what this thing is used for, so I can name the painting properly.  Does anyone know?  Here is a photo:

Started en plein air by Dianne Lorden

Hello everyone - we're back from vacation, which was cut a bit short as we were evacuated from the Outer Banks, NC. We arrived home Friday, 2:30 a.m. It's stressful knowing you're going to be evacuated -- but not quite sure when -- because the weather is gorgeous and you're trying to fit in everything you wanted to do before leaving. Of course, I imagined creating a lot of artwork, but didn't have the chance to do nearly as much as I had hoped. This pastel is of the view from our deck, which I worked on a couple of times, on lovely afternoons. I got far enough, I think, and like it sufficiently, to finish it at home. So I'll post it again when it's done.
I hope you all weathered the storm well!
My website is South Mountain Sketchbook

Midnight sunflower by Linda Young

While the rains came down from Hurricane Irene, there was only one thing left to do while the lights remained on...paint.  Before me, sat a wilting bouquet of sunflowers that needed some attention!  What started out to be a painting of a sunlit sunflower in a field of them became a sunflower field at midnight. In the background is the barn that stands in the corner of the field and the mountains that line the evening sky.

Although scanning this little painting came out a lot lighter than the actual painting because of my use of cerulean blue.  The cerulean blue appears as "light" on the paper, which is what I wanted; but I wish it didn't light up so much in the reproduction of it. The scanner light didn't do any justice to the painting.

I can only imagine what a field of sunflowers looks like at midnight under a moonlit sky. They are probably more blue-toned than I have made them in this one; but what the heck...maybe one day, I will try a plein air painting at the stroke of midnight under a harvest moon.  I'll use my sunflowers as models that are growing in my garden...

I'll just need a little bug spray and a tiny flashlight just to be able to "see" what I'm painting.

Midnight on the sunflower field

4 x 6

Copyright 2011 Linda Young

Linda Young Watercolors

P O Box 941

Carlisle, Pa 17013

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The Messenger by Deborah Nell

The Messenger by Deborah Nell
16"x20" watermedia on Yupo paper
I just finished this painting tonight. I was thinking about how God uses angels to protect and bring messenges.

ANDY SMITH, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

"Shaker Series #14"
6"x 4" watercolor
A Painting A Day

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POBLANO PEPPER 1, 2 and 3by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'86, 87, and 88/100

'Poblano Pepper'

Oil on Canvas panel

6 x 6

86/100

'Poblano Pepper 2'

Oil on Canvas panel

6 x 6

87/100 

'Poblano Pepper 3'

Oil on Canvas panel

6 x 6

88/100

Yesterday evening I went through the garden and picked
things I thought might get damaged by the winds and rain
that were predicted with the arrival of Hurricane Irene.
Among the things I had chosen to bring into the house were
some poblano peppers, which varied in color from
greens to very dark reds.

I was so glad I had chosen these peppers when I woke up
to find that Hurricane Irene had knocked out our electricity
around 4 a.m., and the other things I had planned to do today
were not possible without power, phone and/or water.
It was a perfect opportunity to just paint, which is
exactly what I did.  The power has finally come back on
12 hours later, so I guess I'll have to get those chores done...


If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

"Painted Horse" By Debra Tritt Kreiger

"Painted Horse" 9.5"x8" Watercolor on 140Lb Arches Paper
Private Collection, Not for Sale

This is a most recent painting I did for one of my many very special nieces. She is an animal and art lover and I hope this inspires her every day.

Hope everyone stayed safe during the storms.

To contact me about the purchase of this painting or see more of my work go to www.debkreiger.com or follow my blog at debkreiger.blogspot.com or you can shop in my new store, Deb's Gifts

JUST OPENING (SUNFLOWER)by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'85/100

'Just Opening'
Oil on panel
 6 x 6
85/100

Day 85

On a day when the clouds are getting darker and
more ominous, and the winds from the outer edges
of Hurricane Irene are blowing through the trees, I thought
it would be nice to post the painting I did yesterday
  from a bouquet of sunflowers I picked while painting
 on site at Eric and Nancy Olsen's Windmill Creek Studio
farm this past Tuesday.  I painted the sunflower from life,
but brought up the memory of the color of the sky
from Tuesday to add as my background...think it works
better than an ominous shade of grey...

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

Windmill Creek Whimsy Jane Ramsey

Sketchbook Entry #1 -- Barn and Sunflowers

What an incredible day painting at this beautiful farm up nestled between two mountain ranges outside of Port Royal. The fields of sunflowers were incredible... their blaze of color and expanse of blooms -- happy round faces all pointing towards me. It was such a whimsical feeling... you couldn't stop smiling gazing out at them! Bees buzzed about, birds soared overhead and the weather was perfect.

Nancy and Eric Olson were so kind to open up their farm to the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters group to paint. I am so happy to be part of this great group...and glad to be able to join members on this day! A memorable day (oh, and an earthquake to top it off!)

Sketchbook Entry #2 -- View from the Barn

There were so many painting venues and I brought my sketchbook along to make some quick plein air sketches in addition to a painting. I love making these sketchbook entries -- it allows me to explore different painting options and collect visual observations.

Jane Ramsey

 To see more of my work visit my website or my blog.

Industrial Orange, Johnstown, 9 x 12, Ron Donoughe

Next April I'm having an exhibition in Johnstown, PA. I'm going to call it Portrait of Johnstown because of the 12 months I'll have spent looking at this flood-famous town. The 60 paintings will NOT be postcard images. Johnstown isn't pretty, but it is interesting with one helluva lot of character. I get to know a place by walking the streets, eating at a local diner, listening to the people and then setting up my easel.

Also, a friend/collector just posted a Wikipedia entry for me. This was such a nice thing for her to do. Thank you Catherine!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Donoughe

Euopean Eagle Owl Colored Pencil by Charlotte Yealey

11x14

Colored Pencil

I photographed this owl at an event at Codorus State Park when they were showing captive birds. I learned something new that day about owls that their eyes do not move in the socket like ours do but they can move their head all around.

www.charlotteswebart.com

The Last of It's Kind by Phillip Krivenko

Talk about a strange and great day. First thing in the morning, I had to relocate a captured groundhog that was terrorising  the neighborhood. Drove ten miles to make sure he does not make his way back. At one o’clock attended a party with a few guys from my childhood and High School. They called it a “Man Party”. Lots of old stories and memories, It was fun.

Left around five o’clock and drove to our local community college to visit my artist friend Mike Molnar, a true master. While observing the class, the one thing that hit me is how slow and meticulously everyone was painting. It will take each student a whole semester to complete their art. Too slow for me, it was time to leave.

During my ten years of teaching art, It has become natural to complete a painting by the end of the class.  I like my fast broad strokes and painterly style. Even my masterworks, which require more detail, have to be completed in due time.

In 1995, I created a painting which took almost six months. “A Nickel Tour of Lancaster County”. It was the grand finale of the large detailed acrylic one hair burst painting.  Pure drudgery, like building the pyramids.  The last of it’s kind. If you think I’m kidding, check it out!

TINY NESTby Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'84/100

'Tiny Nest'
Oil on ACEO Card
 2.5" x 3.5"
84/100

Day 84

This is the second tiny nest that my daughter
has found in her backyard that has a lining of
what appears to be course, long animal hair.  They
are the prettiest nests I have ever seen, and
would love to know what type of bird builds it.
I painted the other nest like this after placing a tiny
porcelain doll baby in it, and this time I
used some tiny eggs.  Something tells me I'll
be painting these delicate nests again.


If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

HAPPY HOME

"HAPPY HOME"

Here's a whimsical piece I did several months ago that I forgot to post. It's a small mixed media piece that's 12 x 12 on canvas. I love these fun pieces.

Linda Benton McCloskey
www.LindaBentonMcCloskey.com

MORNING ON THE CREEK By Cecelia Lyden

oil on stretched canvas

8x10

http://www.cecelialyden.com/

Everytime I grumble to myself that painting outdoors is too much trouble, I experience the perfect day and site for such an activity. Cool, pleasant weather, sunshine and shadows, the dulcet sounds of a gurgling creek, serenity--Heaven.

Self Portrait by Michael LeKites

Finished.
Graphite and charcoal on smooth Bristol. 9x10.

Windmill Creek Sunflowers by Mary Beth Brath

Windmill Creek Sunflowers by Mary Beth Brath

11x14" Acrylic on Canvas

Fresh off the easel.  This painting was finished on site...until I brought it home and re-worked it.

Pennsylvania is such a gorgeous state.  This site had a potential painting around every corner.

http://www.marybethbrath.com/

FIELDS OF GOLD Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Fields of Gold'

Oil Plein Air

12 x 9 on Raymar linen panel

On Tuesday of this week, artists met at Nancy and Eric Olson's

 beautiful Windmill Creek Studio farm that included four acres

of golden sunflowers.  The day was gorgeous, and the vistas

incredible every way you turned.  It was an artists' dream...

The most difficult part of the day was to decide what to paint,

because there were so many choices.   The most unique

part of the day was that we experienced the ground tremors

of the earthquake that travelled up and down the east coast. 

I decided to paint the field of sunflowers with a view of

the tree-line and mountains behind.  I loved the different

shades of blue in the background, and how they provided a

nice cool backdrop to all of that lovely yellow.  This is entirely

plein air, except for my signature which I added when I took it

out of my pochade box this evening to take a picture.

- Pictures from our day -

Artists at work.  Starting on the right - Linda Young,

Robert Hughes, Clare Klaum, and Jane Ramsey.

Clare Klaum gets right in the action to get a good photo.

Is that Linda Young in those sunflowers?  It was fun to

take a silly moment while we were scoping out painting sites!

Mary Beth Brath savoring the beautiful view, and

taking some pics for potential paintings.

Jane Ramsey gets the prize for travelling the farthest

to participate in this amazing day of painting.  Loved

having her there with us!

A day I am sure we will never forget...

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

Tideline Treasures Watercolor Seascape/Shells by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Tideline Treasures

original watercolor seascape/shells: 71/2 " x 8"

My Sophie and I

love the treasures we find

near the ocean’s tideline

in the good ol’ summertime!

‘cause there’s nothing more sublime

and nothing quite so fine

as the sun, sand, and sea

for my Sophie girl and me!

BB'11

Watercolors by Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

blog: http://watercolorsbybertiebrown.blogspot.com

for info click: email

Andy Smith, watercolor ~ Lititz, PA

"Sunflower at Lucky's Cafe"
4"x 6" Miniature Original Watercolor  ~ SOLD
A Painting A Day

www.andysmithartist.com
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Watercolor Hibiscus

I am having a lot of fun with my hibiscus. They are always a joy to paint. This should be finished up tomorrow. My plant is going through it's second round of full blooms.

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"Peaks Island Shoreline" by Taryn Day

oil on paper
5"x7"

The Casco Bay's Long Island is in the distance.  The fickle sun and the swiftly rising tide made any painting of the shoreline a very quick, decisive affair.  
 To see more of my work visit:
My Daily Paintworks Gallery
Awake and Painting Blog
Taryn Day Fine Art

Self Portrait by Michael LeKites

This is a work in progress. Probably about half way finished. Graphite on smooth Bristol.

Sunflowers by Linda Young Watercolors

copyright 2011 Linda Young Watercolors

Titled: Sunflower Dreams

9 x 12

Watercolor

There are many pleasures in this life if you just look around and really see what we have been given by our Creator. August twenty-third was a day at Windmill Creek Studio Farms I'd call my personal "Field of Dreams" day for many reasons.

I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to be a part of nature here. The sunflower fields were filled with sights, sounds and scents; butterflies of different varieties sipped nectar from the phlox and red-tailed hawk flew high above me. I heard the buzz and saw an assortment of bees--tiny and large ones and the hard-working honey bees flying from flower to flower pollinating as they went on their way.

All of it was a sensory feast for me. Even the feeling of vertigo I had when the earthquake rolled through added to the memories I will keep in my heart of that day. It was simply a plein air pleasure to paint here with my friends in this beautiful place.

Linda Young Watercolors

P O Box 941

Carlisle, Pa 17013

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'Apple Study" By Debra Tritt Kreiger

"Apple Study" 10"x8" Oil on linen canvas

I had a wonderful private oil painting lesson with Claire Carnell this week. I haven't painted in oils in years and I just wanted to give it a go. I really enjoyed painting this apple. Claire lovingly clipped apples and pears off the trees stems, leaves and all! This fellow made the grade. We had a good time painting together. I'm very pleased with the results! And I'm very thankful for my dear artist friends!

Best of Watercolor - Deb Watson

My watercolor painting, 'Painting As Madness' is going to be included in the next Best of Watercolor book. I'll post more info as I get it. This painting was from a scene in my living room. I was going through a box of art supplies donated to our local group. Many brushes were ruined by dried paint and I was going to throw them away. My daughter snatched up the pile and stuffed it in her tea mug so she could keep them. It looked so interesting, I took a photo of it and painted it. www.debwatson.org

Plein Air Painters at Windmill Creek Studios Farm near Port Royal

It was a glorious day for all the artists who gathered to paint the sunflowers in the four acre field (L to R) Clare Klaum, MaryBeth Brath, host Eric Olson, Jane Ramsey, Claire Beadon Carnell, Linda Young

Mary Beth

Work in progress, Linda Young

Claire amid the Dream Field

Clare

The apprentice plein air painter

The field of dreams, oh yes...it really Was!

artists entering "Bottini Woods"

Seven Lively artist Robert L. Hughes

Joan, a friend of the Olson's

Nancy Bartholomaei-Olson and Claire B Carnell on Windmill Creek Studio's porch.

 Windmill Creek Studios  You couldn't ask for a more beautiful day than today; blue skies, yellow fields of sunflowers and the field alive with the sound of the buzzing bees.  All of us were quietly painting away when suddenly, each of us "felt a little strange". 

After family members called Claire Carnell and Mary Beth, we were told that feeling was the 5.9 earthquake we all had just experienced.  I recall Mary Beth saying she thought someone was behind her shaking her chair; I had a feeling of wobbly legs similar to getting off a boat onto land. 

Thank you to our hosts Nancy and Eric Olson for their wonderful hospitality.  We all want to come back again to your lovely farm and painterly Heaven.  The sunflowers really were amid a field of dreams.

Linda Young, photographer

website

Linda Young Watercolors

P O Box 941

Carlisle, Pa.  17013