Pepper Beach Park is one of many small parks along A1A in Fort Pierce, Fla. This park is on both sides of the highway--the beach side and the Intracoastal/Indian River side. We chose a niche on the river side. The weather was warm and comfortable, but the mosquitos were eating me alive this afternoon, so I left, having painted for only 2 hours. The bridge and figure were completed indoors, free of mosquitos.
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Friday, January 27, 2012
Saturday, February 26, 2011
PALM TREES REVISITED By Cecelia Lyden
acrylic
It is always gratifying when you feel that you have grown or learned something new. For me, my time in Florida has forced me to look carefully at palm trees. Perhaps, because I am a northeast born and raised woman, I never really liked paintings with palm trees, especially when those trees were situated on a beach and silhouetted against garish sunsets or sunrises. They always appeared cliche, phony, over-colored , painted assembly line-like.
Painting with a plein air group in Florida, I had no choice. Palms were everywhere we went. I had to paint them. I didn't want to paint a stylized version of a palm tree. The one, that as a child, I painted with palm branches radiating from the center, like a wheel, usually with coconuts. So I forced myself to really look at them. The more I looked, the more I learned to appreciate their gracefulness and beauty. We are leaving in a week, but I will be anxious to return next year to continue observing and painting these beautiful trees. As for those "garish", phony-looking sunrises and sunsets, "they're real and they're spectacular."
Thursday, January 20, 2011
PASTEL MORNING SKY By Cecelia Lyden
acrylic11x14
Florida has been much warmer this winter and I'm wondering if the difference in the temperatures might be the reason the sunrises have been so much less intense than they were last year.
Most of the early mornings have been, not only filled with big, dark, puffy clouds, but also haze and fog. Anyway, this morning I worked fast and tried to capture the beautiful yellow light near the horizon, followed by pinkish clouds, the huge dark oninous cloud, which was rapidly breaking up and then the bright blue sky color , where the dark clouds had dispersed. It was early and no boats were out yet-just a couple of soaring birds. What a sight!
Monday, August 2, 2010
"Under Rusty Belly's" by Dianne Lorden
Hello everyone. I just returned from a retreat in the Poconos, feeling mostly refreshed. I had started this one before I left (from a picture I took in Florida in June) and find now that I'm in a completely different frame of mind. That's the way it goes, I guess! I made myself "wrastle" it into some form of completion. It's Rembrandt pastels on brick red art board.
By the way, I drove through glorious rain during my trip, but apparently very little fell here in Gettysburg, which has been way too dry. So, my fingers are crossed for a shower or two!
Check out my work at South Mountain Sketchbook: www.southmountainsketchbook.webs.com
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
"Nana's Palm" in sgraffito (oil pastel) by Dianne Lorden
Well, flying meant going light on art supplies, so I only brought a small pack of rarely used oil pastels and a 6" x 6" Bristol tablet on our recent trip to Florida. After some so-so sketching, I eventually got into simple sgraffito - fun and non-threatening. It was easy to prepare panels ahead of time to bring along for whatever turned up (such as anoles and palm trees; the flamingos were on my beach bag). I've arranged a few into a quilt for display here.My scraper was a broken sea shell ... a fine utensil! I've posted a close-up of the palm tree because I tried to capture the ferns that grow right out of the trunk, in the "soil" created by many seasons of tree debris getting caught in the places where the old fronds are trimmed.
All in all, a wonderful time and great to be home.
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