| Lauren Everett Finn |
| week 26 |
| This week (today) I decided to paint "en plein aire"...(fancy way to say paint outside by direct observation)..I haven't done much of this type of painting and I am going to meet with a group of artists in Marquette, Michigan in June for some outside painting... I thought I should try it a few times before then :) ....It was cloudy and cool here in lower Michigan (45F)...and there is no spring color yet...but the snow is all gone! I’m glad it was cloudy because I didn’t have to deal with the quickly changing light...but the cloudy weather made for a rather drab painting....Oh well....I tried to push the colors a bit, and I think it has a bit of a fall feeling..rather than late winter early spring.....boo hoo.... The oak leaves that stay around all winter are that burnt sienna color, and I think that's why it looks like fall... I’m going to go outside to paint more as the weather gets nicer...This view is right outside my studio door, (I know, I’m very lucky) so I could pop inside to get warm and refill my coffee... This painting represents the half way point of the year....wow. |