"Caspersen Beach, Venice Florida"
8"x10" oil painting
by Cindy Mott McGarry
"Live out of your imagination (not your history)."
- Stephen Covey
This was my first plein air (painting outside) painting which gave me a sense of comfort with creating on location outdoors. It was a perfect day for plein air. The temperature was in the upper 70s, a slight breeze, beautiful light and many other artists out painting, socializing and sharing.
The planning, packing, loading, setting up on a beach has been a learning process over the past year. Once the tripod, easel and oil paints were set up it was a really fun experience to look for the large shapes, lay them in and begin to build the painting. Trying to stay loose and be open to new ideas while using slightly larger brushes was invigorating. I was very pleased with the colors, values, overall looseness and limited brush strokes. Finished most of this painting on location and put the final touches on it later.
The colors of oil paints on my palette were titanium white, cadmium yellow medium, yellow ochre, cadmium red deep, cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and burnt umber. My new favorite brushes are ASPEN Series 6500 from Princeton Artist Brush Company I love their Bright brushes for my style of painting. They are easy to clean and hold their shape very well. Most of my canvas panels are Pintura and are double primed and formaldehyde-free. I order mine from Dick Blick.
Until next time!
Enjoy painting!
Love and Peace,
Cindy
