Monday, January 21, 2013

30 in 30, #19 – Up the Road



Up the Road, 6"x6", oil on panel
Well, it is a challenge to get a painting done when you are on vacation, especially when you are staying in a condo with friends and doing lots of other things. After sightseeing all day yesterday, we stayed close to home today. The guys wanted to watch football this afternoon, so I took the chance to paint a scene from our drive yesterday. Yes, the grass was really that shade of green; our winter rains and this week's warm weather turned the world chartreuse. IPhone photo did something weird to the sky color though.



I talked Leslie into painting with me, and she painted her first oil painting, using a size 4 filbert brush and a rigger. We improvised: her palette was a couple of paper plates, and her canvas was taped to a cardboard.


Leslie did a great job! Here is her painting; it is of the same corner of the Demetria Estate Winery patio that I did a sketch of yesterday.

Demetria Corner by Leslie Fagan, 5"x5", oil on canvas



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4 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 21, 2013 at 8:25 AM

    I love the greens in this one and the atmospheric feel to it. Great job getting these done while on holidays!

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  2. JodiJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:35 AM

    I knew you'd bring back with you a new scene for us. It's lovely. And kudos to Leslie too.

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  3. Nancy Van BlaricomJanuary 21, 2013 at 9:03 PM

    I have no idea how a person can paint while they are on vacation ... really. Even with all you have going on you are doing a wonderful job of your daily paintings. Your florals are amazing!!!

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  4. Cindy GreeneJanuary 21, 2013 at 9:15 PM

    Thank you Barb, Jodi and Nancy! It was nice to have an afternoon to paint. The landscape here is incredibly beautiful and makes me want to paint it all. I hope I'm bringing home a lot of reference photos.

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