Some sample pieces from my residency at Utrecht near the corner of 13th and Eye Streets North West Washington DC on Franklin Square Park.
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Plein Air Street Corner in DC (DAY 2)
Step 5 (7:27am) Day 2: Starting with the filling in the sky ……. Step 5 (7:32am) Day 2: Continuing to fill the the sky, you can see the difference some fresh paint makes. Step 6 (8:05am) Day 2: Wow yellow! Why not some “yellow”? Experiments will help find the color of the road. I’m mixing [...]
Plein Air Street Corner in DC (DAY 1)
Step 1 6:25am Finding the large shapes and angles with a large brush…very abstract and lose Step 2 6:44am Adding White to help shape the major masses in the picture Step 3 6:59am Large masses set and ready to receive color Step 4 7:15am adding colors and balancing the piece….. first pass…Day 1 done!
Late Summer at Plumber’s Island
The whole root structure of this Sycamore is visual I found it fascinating how you can layer mate titanium white over the darkest thinnest coats. Image turning about 90 degrees from the Sycamore you would be looking up this calm and flat back channel running up to Plumber’s Island. Sunset on a rock outcropping just [...]
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Little Falls Outing
Title: Little Falls Outing Location: Little Falls parking lot by the Clara Barton Parkway Description: Going out on the rocks to paint on a beautiful fall afternoon Date: 2009-10-11
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Sunrise on the Potomac
Plein Air painting the misty sunrise on the Potomac in early October
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Slow Walk on the National Mall
This was drawing was scanned and you can see the difference in quality between this scan the cell phone image below. I sat and walked a football game and realized it had been some time since I had done gestures. Late summer early fall sunset over the US Capitol the weather was prefect. By sitting [...]
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Plein Air Painting an Alley on Capitol Hill
Today it was pouring but I set up an beach umbrella and was able to paint under that from the back of my truck.
Little Falls Rush!
One of the big rings that held the chains that supported the Old Chain Bridge. August 18th 2009
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