Blog Views: This week so far...3858 views...from: USA, Russia, Belgium, France, Germany, Lithuania & Ukraine.

Plein Air:
A few weeks ago, my Plein Air class went out to paint along the lake. It was a little windy and cool and most stayed the whole 3 hours. Below are some photos taken that day....sorry I didn't get photos of everyone's paintings.

General Photos:

Liz:

Watercolor

John:

Watercolor

Mary:

watercolor

Karen:

Watercolor

Plein Air:
A few days ago was a very memorable day out Plein Air painting...great company, great art, great experience...I could not ask for a better time.

Here is a visual:....The weather was warm with a slight breeze and lots of shade. The scenery was excellent...water, mountains, pretty sailboats, marina and animals. The birds were singing; a mink fished; a pelican preened; Mama duck with not so little babies, still in protective mode; baby birds chirping for food; Green Heron standing proud and Grebes talking back and forth. No bugs (well, no real irritating ones...just a few wanting to become permanent with the paint), no mosquitoes, no surprises...just a great day all around. Thank you fellow artists.

Our View

Pelican 

Green Heron

Mama Duck

Grebe

Mink

Martha:

Acrylic

 Colette:

Watercolor

 Joni:

Watercolor

I didn't get finished...I usually don't paint when I have a class...but the day was so inviting !!!

I finished it in the studio

Votes: I have received only 2 votes for the  marina composition....you can read them on "comments".  I would like to hear from more of you...anyone from the International community want to vote?

Question: What if I put a wrench in the mix and said....what about the subject matter? The focal point goes to the sailboats, but  is the subject matter the time of day, spacing of the area (background, middle ground and foreground), lighting, quietness, early morning etc? Which is more the contributing factor?...focal point or subject matter?...and how does it change the composition?...or does it?

Foreign Language: Since we are having international blog viewings, I added the language translator button. The countries that have viewed the blog this week are: USA, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom.

Have a great week.