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In the Field

NEW BLOG! I have started a blog to take the place of this page. It has pictures, journal entries from hikes, sketches and paintings done in the field and in the studio. It will be about places I visit and especially classes I will teach on Nature Sketching. Please visit it and you'll see that I update that page often, you can subscribe to my blog there.

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This is in my field, our house in the background and that's Ginger, our Aussie.

Today was a great day to be outside, it's rained as much as it could and now the sun has finally come out. My son Paul Stephen, accompanied me and took these photos.

I do not stick to a certain color pallet yet, as you can see I'm setting out several of each color group so I can experiment to find what I like.

Simple wood palette I cut myself from 1/4" wood panel from Home Depot.

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I worked for about two hours and did the 8x10 oil painting, "Green Fields". The colors came out a little bright in the photo but there certainly was that much green!

I'm experimenting to see what I want to carry with me and what I don't need. Every little bit counts when your walking to your site and carrying everything.

Since I did this, I designed a palette that will be cantilevered in front of my easel, so I don't have to hold it. I'll try it out and put up pictures when I can.

I carry my wet board or canvas back in a flat box, like a chocolate box. (This is a nice thing to go out and buy yourself all in the name of art, chocolate is always a good idea!) I put the box(es) flat in a beach bag and carry other things I might need with it, jacket or shirt, bug spray, lunch. Painting supplies I keep together in a backpack.

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