Two Mile House mixed media by Linda Young



©Linda Young

Two Mile House #3

8 x 10

Watercolor and water media

This is a watercolor painting with mixed media.  The watercolor paper was placed over a foam core board, stretched and tacked to stretcher bars and dried completely.   When the paper had dried, the painting was created in watercolor with touches of acrylic to pop the color of the flowers.   A fixative was sprayed over the painting that had dried completely.  A satin varnish will be the final step before the framing process.  The benefit of this procedure is glass and matting are not needed and the painting can be framed as if were an oil painting on canvas.

This painting will be available for sale at the Carlisle Arts Learning Center's "Local Scenes exhibit" during Art for the Holidays.  The opening reception will be on November 27 at 19 N Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.  BUY LOCAL, BUY ART!

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Morning Light at Two Mile House, plein air watercolor by Linda Young

I had the wonderful pleasure of painting with the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters last Thursday at Two Mile House just outside of Carlisle across from KMart on the Walnut Bottom Road. 

Knowing I only had a little over two hours to paint before I'd have to leave to go to work, I arrived about 45 minutes before the scheduled time everyone else would be arriving. They were going to meet at 9am.

The morning light was spectacular as the sunlight lit the tops of the shrubs and penetrated the petals of the flowers and leaves on the colorful trees.  I had to paint fast and started with the sunlit area first to be certain I wouldn't lose that light. 

I know one thing for sure; I'll be going back to Two Mile House again to paint plein air.  With the call of the red-tailed hawk pair in the trees and the beautiful gardens and gentle breezes, there are more paintings just waiting to happen.

Oh, did I tell you?  My new love is "Plein Air Painting!"

Morning Light at Two Mile House

 watercolor, July 2011, 9 x 12

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Plein Air Painters gather to paint at the Two Mile House in Carlisle

Sunshine!  It was a beautiful, warm and slightly breezy day at the Two-Mile House outside of Carlisle.  While a Red-tailed Hawk and it's mate communicated with each other perched in the trees and took turns soaring above, these artists took advantage of the glorious landscape and painted to their heart's content. 

In photos above, the participants of today's plein air paint out were:  Linda Young (not shown because I was taking the picture), Claire Beadon Carnell, Lyn O'Neal, Ralph Hocker, Johanna Monighan, and Clare Klaum.  Also, another painter, Jim Henry was there but was not present for the photo.

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Pathway at Two Mile House, oil, 9 x 12, Lyn O'Neal

This was the little scene that captured my attention at the Two Mile House on Monday when several of us painted en plein air. I was attempting to capture light without the sky in the scene. I also liked all the linear aspects. I tried to keep it simple and within 3 hours.

TWO MILE HOUSE GARDEN by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'41/100

'Two Mile House Garden'
Oil 6 x 8
41/100

Day 41

I painted this yesterday morning in the
gardens of Two Mile House, which is an historical
property owned and carefully tended by
the Cumberland County Historical Society.
While we were there painting, we had the pleasure
of a visit from a red-tailed hawk, who sat in
a cherry tree and 'talked' to us before she
flew away. Quite a treat!

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