I was interested to read Linda Young's post the other day about her experiments using illustration board. Like most artists, I have my preferred scale, methods of working and working surfaces. Fearing that I was getting into too much of a rut, in 2008 I began setting up a variety of challenges for myself. Since most of my work is very research-oriented and labor intensive, I decided I needed to learn to do the opposite: work on-site and very quickly. So I was thrilled when the opportunity arose to try my hand at plein air painting with a group during the Gettysburg Fringe Festival. I've also been working on using different surfaces. While I normally work on museum board, I've recently done a few colored pencil pieces on Gessobord and Aquabord -- both surfaces are quite rough and a real struggle for me. A third challenge was to change my scale; I normally work very large -- even 16" x 20" is very small for me. So after reading about some artists who focus on painting miniatures, I decided I'd try my hand at that. This piece measures about 3" x 4 1/2". I worked from a photo I had taken when I was out at the Hauser Winery for this past summer's Gettysburg Fringe Festival Plein Air event. Tomorrow I'll post the plein air version I did of the same scene (IF I can find the file, that is!)
2 comments:
This is a nice painting. You handled the colored pencils beautifully. The round barn is fascinating. My husband and I visited the winery (it's awesome also)this summer. I just love this view.
You should do a lot more miniatures. I love this. I have been trying to go to larger paintings- the opposite of you. I see you have already succeeded in going small. Beautiful!
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