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Lenhart Farm
Jul 7, 2015
Today's paint-out was at Lenhart Farm in Hillboro, VA. It's right up against the Blue Ridge mountains and situated so that most of the views across the fields have the morning sun in your eye....
Lavender Farm
Jun 16, 2015
Lavender Farm. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2015 A plein air painting done this morning at Blooming Hill Farm in Purcellville, VA. It was a lovely day to be painting outside and I couldn't get the paint down fast enough, even with a large palette knife, to keep up with the movement of the sky. While fi...
Warm Morning Sky
May 12, 2015
Warm Morning Sky. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2015 Today's paint out with the Loudoun Sketch Club was back to Trappe Farm in Upperville, VA. Before starting a larger work (which didn't turn out well) I did a small "warm up" painting to try and capture a feeling of the warm sky in the east. ...
The View from Trappe Farm
May 5, 2015
The View from Trappe Farm, 8x10, oil on linen panel. 2015. The first official paint-out of the season with Loudoun Sketch Club was a warm day. I found a nice location up the hill which had a view across the whole of the Loudoun Valley. After first doing a small color sketch of the same scene I...
A Few Small Outdoor Sketches
May 4, 2015
North Sky. 6x4, oil on linen. 2015. Looking Towards the Catoctin Mountain. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2015. Trappe Farm Sketch. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2015. These are a couple of small studies done over the weekend from our back yard and one done on location at Trappe Farm in Upperville, VA. Worki...
One More Painting Out in the Back Yard
May 2, 2015
No Edges in the Sky. 8x10, oil on linen panel. 2015 What a great day to be painting outside! Standing in the shade of a pine tree this afternoon I could only hear the sound of birds and someone in the far distance mowing their yard. The spring greens have arrived in full force and, as usual, it take...