Plein-air paintings…
Painting “en plein-air” means taking your paints/easel outdoors and painting on-location. See all plein-air paintings.
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- Race weekend 4
Another race weekend, with another good batch of lessons learned about watercolor gouache painting. I’ve abandoned my pencil in favor… Read more: Race weekend 4 - Race weekend 3
Plein-air lessons learned while painting from the top of a fire-watch tower. - Race weekend 2
Another race weekend, another chance to practice watercolor gouache for a few hours 🙂 From my paddock spot, I couldn’t… Read more: Race weekend 2 - Race weekend 1
A plein-air painting in watercolor gouache for the first race event of the year. - Camp Hill Plein Air 2025
My favorite yearly plein air event has come and gone again! This is the first year that I’ve been able… Read more: Camp Hill Plein Air 2025 - Half-dome
An ink illustration of Yosemite’s Half-Dome, completed for my sister on her birthday. I’m having lots of fun with grayscale… Read more: Half-dome - Hand with gold ring and peach
For a friend’s birthday. Painted in jelly gouache on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper while watching a long-play of The Legend… Read more: Hand with gold ring and peach - Autocross in the rain
Painted while watching my fiancé drive an amateur autocross course in the rain. Jelly gouache on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper. - Tan dog
Painted with jelly gouache on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper, for a Christmas card for a pet owner. - Chambersburg Plein Air 2024
Painted for a local plein-air competition, completed in 4 hours. Jelly gouache on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper. - Blue hydrangeas
This started as a small sketch to test out Copic alcohol markers. But they were so fun to use that… Read more: Blue hydrangeas - Hyacinths in a green vase
Painted on a whim during the pandemic after a day of gardening. Acrylic on canvas. - Blue flag irises
Illustrated for my mom’s birthday years ago, based on a photo of blue flag irises from a neighbor’s yard. Lines… Read more: Blue flag irises - Camp Hill Plein Air 2024
Painted with jelly gouache “en plein-air” on a gray, rainy day for a local plein-air painting competition. - Tree-lined country road
One of my first plein-air paintings, in pallet watercolors on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper. A windy day made this on-site… Read more: Tree-lined country road - Chihuahua
Painting in jelly gouache, for a Christmas card for a pet owner. My reference photo had fairly stark lighting, which… Read more: Chihuahua - Daffodils and ladybug
Lines are sumi (charcoal) ink, applied with a dip pen on Bristol board. Colors are Copic alcohol markers. Illustrated for… Read more: Daffodils and ladybug - D.Gray-man page redraw
A redraw of page 27 of the first volume of the manga series D.Gray-man, which I completed as part of… Read more: D.Gray-man page redraw - Cemetery light
Gouache practice again! This time I tried starting with a very limited palette. It seemed to actually make color-matching easier?… Read more: Cemetery light - Rail bridge in summer
I’m learning to paint with gouache in the hopes of improving my eye for color, and my color-mixing ability. Today’s… Read more: Rail bridge in summer
