"Did you Bring an Apple?" by Dianne Lorden

This fellow lives at the historic Round Barn, out near Cashtown. He may not have thought so, but I felt he was posing for a portrait when he appeared at the gangplank of the barn and paused there, looking me over.

Hard pastel on Canson paper, 9" x 12".

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Orchard At Round Barn by Mary Beth Brath

Orchard At Round Barn

8x10" Acrylic on Masonite

Created Plein Air during the Gettysburg Festival

This was painted during the first day of the 2010 Gettysburg Fringe Festival Paint Out. The orchard is on the property of the Historic Round Barn in Biglerville PA. I plan to paint often in this area of Pennsylvania. My GPS took me on a small dirt road through the vineyards in the area and it was like being in a different world.

Daily Painter of Pennsylvania Mary Beth Brath

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THE ROUND BARN by Claire Beadon Carnell Day 01 Painting Gettysburg Festival Plein Air Paint Out

'The Round Barn'

Oil on linen panel

9 x 12

Here is my painting from the first day of the

Gettysburg Festival Plein Air Paint Out.

The Round Barn is a rare and historical round

barn located in Biglerville, PA (just outside of

Gettysburg). Every vantage point of this

incredible barn is terrific, but when I walked

around to see where I would want to paint, this

is the view that really grabbed me.

I thought it really showed off some of the

unusual architecture that makes this barn

so unique.

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Day 1 of the Gettysburg Festival

Amy Lindenberger

The View From Mary Beth Brath's Easel

Claire Carnell

Many thanks to the owners of the Historic Round Barn in Biglerville PA. A total of 10 artists attended day 1 of the Gettysburg Fringe Festival Paint Out.

Round Barn View from Hauser Winery, a Plein Air Painting by Amy Lindenberger

As you can probably tell, this plein air piece is the same view as the one in the miniature I posted yesterday. This piece is a bit bigger than that one -- probably about 6" x 8". (It shows up a little too contrasty, at least on my computer screen, but you get the general idea.) It definitely met the criteria I had set up for myself: work quickly, totally on-site, skip the detail. I'm still learning to handle the materials, but I'm having a lot of fun!

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Also! After having gotten a little practice at this "blogging" thing courtesy of DPP, I decided to turn my "Drawing Board" page on my Civil War Fine Art website -- a page I was using to show the things I am currently working on from my primary series, which I call Beyond the Battlefield -- into a blog of my own. So, while there's not too much on there just yet, I invite you all to stop by http://amylindenberger.blogspot.com/, when you have a chance.

Round Barn View from Hauser Winery - a Colored Pencil Miniature by Amy Lindenberger

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!)