Four most useful types of paint brushes
Losing my brushes last fall made me think long and hard about what I care about for field painting. Here are the four shapes I like the most.
Naughty trickster cinnamon fern
Either these were not bracken ferns but rather cinnamon ferns, or I can’t draw. The latter is simply ridiculous so I’ve renamed the painting.
Pride goeth before a fall
“I managed to not fall,” I said gleefully as we crossed back into Erickson Fields. “In fact, I haven’t fallen one time this whole year.” Which was stupid, since it’s always the downhill slope that gets you.
Monday Morning Art School: ten great reasons to take a plein air workshop
Plein air taught me more about painting then years of intensive studio instruction. Here are ten reasons I think plein air is helpful.
Shipwrecked!
Newfies are famous for their stoicism, muscular build, thick coat and webbed paws. They’re great cold-water swimmers, and this one was a hero.