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Paint Out at Ayrshire Farm
Oct 6, 2015
Ayrshire Farm South Field (plein air). 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2015. Today we finally got the opportunity to paint at Ayrshire Farm in Upperville, VA. The farm is about 800 acres in size (if I remember correctly) and we were provided with satellite pictures as a guide to the different fields. I st...
Return to Trough Hill Farm
Sep 29, 2015
Corner of the Field. 8x10, oil on linen panel. 2015 Today's paint out was a return to Trough Hill Farm in Middleburg, VA. The sky was overcast and dark all morning. Fortunately the rain held off until mid afternoon. After walking around the property I settled on a corner of one of the back fields as...
Paint Out at Trough Hill Farm
Sep 22, 2015
Although started on location, this painting underwent several revisions in the studio over the next three years....
Paint Out at Bronze Hill Farm
Sep 15, 2015
Today's paint out was at Bronze Hill Farm in Middleburg, VA. It was a near-perfect day for working outside. As usual I started with a small 5x7 to get myself in the mood. I ghosted-in the image with raw umber (applied with a paper towel) then troweled on the paint and finished by working the edges w...
Wind Field Farm (plein air and studio work)
Sep 2, 2015
Wind Field Farm (plein air). 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2015 As September arrives the colors of the sky and landscape start to transform and the yellows get darker. It's tempting try and convey the sense of early fall by adding orange to all the paint, but that doesn't always work out well; I toned t...
Return to Rock Spring Farm
Aug 22, 2015
Rock Spring Pond (plein air). 7x5, oil on linen panel. 2015 This small sketch was done in an impressionistic style with a very compressed value range. It was a humid, overcast day and there was no strong light. To avoid creating a somber mood I keyed the painting off the darks in the trees which I s...