The Labor Day Paint Out was a huge success...! Thanks, Michael Lindstrom for the super demo and for being such a great host. As is our tradition, we did the noon-time thing where each person said something about their experience and all the artists/paintings were enthusiastically cheered!
(Special thanks to Tim Young for the umbrella help, so the paintings could be photographed)
Judy: I saw a repetition of curves. I am inspired to try to paint like Michael did!
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Nancy: I like a 12 x 24 canvas, but this seems even better. (It is a 10 x 30). At this stage in my painting I'm working on directional lines. I'm using Gamblin neutrals to gray things down.
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Carol: I did change with the light as the light changed. I quit and painted another. I am lucky because my husband cuts these panels for me. (I glued canvas to this panel with PVA).
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Stephanie: I started with a gray sky and I left the orange of my toned canvas show through. I liked the big sweep of the road.
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Robin B: I need the clouds to come back! I did 2 watercolors.
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Sarah: I figured if I came out with a whole bunch of other painters I'd paint and not be scared! I went to art school and there I developed the idea that traditional painting wasn't something to do. I realize that plein air painting *is* in my heart!
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Vicki: I was inspired by Michael. However, I've just started so you can't see how much he has inspired me!
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Tracie: It's not done! It's acrylic and that's all I have to say!
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Tom: I started out dark..then I lightened it ...then I darkened it! I'm playing whack a mole with the colors!
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Brenda: I remembered a light and shadow that was so memorable last year from this same spot. I made up my mind...I wanted to do that light from that day today! I teach about design in my classes, so I now am having to do as I say! I did a thumbnail with last year's big shadow and light in mind before I painted this. I've followed my thumbnail and I used warms and cools "to delight the eye"!
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Kay: I just got here so I've got nothing started yet!
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Quinn: I also just started! I've put in some gestural marks.
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Cynthia: I just had a workshop in Sitka. I had something started and I wiped it. I loosened up for this version.
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Robin L: This first painting is an experiment with just three colors. I paint semi abstractly. For the second painting I put out the rest of the colors.
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Loretta: This is 60 seconds in painting over an old painting.
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Ward: I love my signature! (hahahaha!) I might put some shadows in especially after I saw Brenda's painting. I wanted to preserve the whites. This is a problem for us watercolorists, not for you oil painters.
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Chris: I did what Michael Lindstrom advised... I painted with my non-dominant hand and held my brush way out here!
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Michael L: I love painting over an old painting. I figure, I've already ruined it, so what do I have to lose? I have just gotten started on this. When the sun comes out strong like it just did, I'll use my wet canvas carrier as a make-shift shade for my palette. Here also is the demonstration I did this morning.
Thanks to everyone for watching my demo --I had a great time!
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Diane: This is a about one half-hour of work. I have determined that I am not psychologically suited to doing thumbnails! I paint in more of an intuitive manner. This is a good time right now for me to take a break from it, have some lunch look at it to decide what to do next.
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Michael O: I've done two paintings. The first painting is painted in a tonalist manner. I use a chip brush like this one to lay in the big shapes. In the second painting I was inspired by Michael to put done a lot of paint and I used this extra long egbert brush (a brush I recommend)!
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Loretta S: I work in acrylics. I've "hijacked" your group! (I got lost but I found you)!
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Sue C: I am a watercolorist. My friend Loretta has been trying to get me to work in acrylics!
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Andrew: I put a pink in the sky. I really like the mistakes and accidents. I am graying down my greens. I am learning new stuff all the time!
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Bill: Earlier when we were out here it was gray. When the sun came out I realized I'm looking at a scene that looks very much like 19th-century type of paintings. I did a John Constable thing!
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Kathy: After seeing Michael's demonstrationI realized I need to use more paint! Right now I am checking my composition to determine if I need to make changes or not.
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Dotty: I have a love affair with the blue of distant hills. I always start painting with transparent orange. I seldom paint with a palette knife, but I did today...it seemed like a good way to indicate foliage.
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Nancy: I got here late so there is a lot more to do! The advantage to getting here late is that it started out sunny and I don't need to change it! I'm using this red tone background for warmth.
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Raphael: I looked out and loved the "seesaw" thing that I saw. I just kept painting and tried not to ruin it!
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Tim: I painted this earlier after having watched the demo. My aim was to put a lot of paint like Michael does. It will definitely take more practice!
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Sandra: When I started this painting it was gray...and I stayed with my original idea. I hope that the mist rolling back shows in my painting. Now it needs accents. I stuck with one big brush. I know we're supposed to paint big today, but the last time I did I used to full sheet of watercolor paper and it was pretty much impossible to paint such a big painting outside during warm weather!
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Donna: I still have a long way to go. it's a struggle!
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Wendy: I watched the demo and so I painted this with my left hand and held the brush at the end (Like he suggested)!
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Cheryl: I did a thumbnail. I am working with warms and cools. I want to maintain the gesture. I'll work more on this, but I want to paint loosely.
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Harley: Susan got me doing underpaintings, but it didn't work on the paper that I had.. so I decided to start over. I decided to steal some reds! "I am the boss of my painting"!
(Laughter)!
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Ken: I am also working on the canvas that is 10 x 30. Linear perspective is important here..there are planes moving in and out of view. There are vertical elements that add interest. I played with greens a lot and also played with red and green interaction.
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Joanne K: I did not want to paint from the same place as I painted from before, so I painted from the parking lot (And Stella the dog is happier in the shade)! I did two small paintings.
(no applause for Joanne... she was in the parking lot)!
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Thanks again, Michael Lindstrom and everyone for making the Labor Day Paint out so much fun! Watch our facebook page and this blog for upcoming paint outs.
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