Showing posts with label South Cooking Lake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Cooking Lake. Show all posts

Friday, July 17, 2009

Plein Air at Bob’s Point



Ragwort at Bob's Point
5 x 7


Right near my home is South Cooking Lake where I’ve been doing some plein air painting. The Marsh Ragwort is blooming and making a glowing golden display. There was a lovely little boat in the foreground but I decided to focus on the yellow flowers.

I admit to being a less than outstanding plein air painter but the experience of painting quickly before the light changes is such good practice that I keep at it.The fast brushstrokes of plein air paintings and my studies are slowing affecting my studio paintings making them livelier and juicier. Being an artist is very much a work in progress and a life long one at that.