Woman in White at Beach, 12x16

..i had brushed in a background of the figure previously and completed a small study version, so now i can bust out some bigger brushes and have some fun...first 30 minutes always crucial in drawing and values, now to paint a bit thicker!

Chelsey at Leo Carrillo beach, plein air paintout August 2010

So this painting has been waiting to be finished for a while as i wasn't sure where to go next with it, but comparing it to my study on the day, which is the second one i completed as the sun broke through late morning and i had to stop the first study, i think its almost there, maybe a slighly foamier sea in the foreground and a little bit on the hands and i could call this done!...lets do it! :)

Two Young Ladies at the Beach

Late afternoon at the beach from late July, i had managed to paint them from life while i was doing a study of the headland, and i painted them onto a 6x8 inch to work out the poses more and see what i could do with the colour as it was laye afternoon, so i saw potential for pushing colour saturation more, but still find some of natures greys as there was moisture in the air which had a cooling effect even though the sun was low and clear!...

CAI Nude Figure in warm light, from June 30th 2004

..Having painted so many figure paintings at the school here in thousand oaks, this one deserved to be stretched and finished once and for all!!...14x18 inches on canvas board.

Figure of a Woman in an Orchard, 5x7 Inches Oil on canvas, Aug 5th 2015

...so i gessoed a load of older canvases last week, and this was in the back of my mind, so while waiting for a few others to dry i thought i would do this as a fun warm up exercise!!...yes just like going to the gym, we sometimes need to step back and loosen up, have a sense of dare, break the mould, and sometimes out of this fearlessness come triumph!!...its been a good day! :)

Mount Boney at Sunset, Bigger Version!

Been wanting to do a bigger version of my plein air study, so this morning ive alotted myself enough time to resolve some design issues and if i end up doing a 30x40 of it, so here goes!!

Plein Air Painting of my Lemon Tree, 6x8 Oil on Canvas, August 1-2nd 2015

My little dwarf lemon tree has again graced us with a lovely lemon and it seemed a perfect time to paint it as i have done the past two years!
A bit more fun this time is that i recorded my painting sessions on Periscope, which allowed me to broadcast Live from my phone, the wonders of technology!!
Look me up on kilnerart or martin kilner on twitter as they own Periscope!
Cheers!!

Here was My View!

...and Here was the final Painting!

CLU Water Tower Plein Air, 8x10 Inches on Canvas Panel, Sat 25th July 2015

I was over at CLU campus the other day to help my friend move his studio out, on the Saturday the sun was really hot, but i was determined to get a painting done, The House and tower have been on my painting radar for years, finally i got to paint it!
The Egg Shell Blue of the Inherited culture of Sweden really gave me some Great colours to mix along with the shadows and light, i really loved trying to get this on canvas, think i'd like to have another go with a bigger canvas as the the windows and doors were tricky, all in a days work! :)

This was the First Hour of Painting, Mixing Clean Colour and Getting the Drawing Correct!

The Painting when i stopped after a couple of Hours, some areas just needed a clean up...

The Final Result after a few Edges and Touch up! :)

A few Michigan plein airs that need a little TLC...

So going through my draws of paintings, theres a few that just needed a bit of TLC here and there, so while waiting for the Big one from yesterday to dry i will work on these studies from my trip to michigan of which was a total thrill for me to see such huge fields of green with the amazung silohs and barns! :)

Reading in the Summer Garden...

A while ago i did a small oil sketch at descanso gardens just as all the roses were blooming, i came across it and decided it deserves to be done a bit bigger, so here we go!...16x14 Inches...Oil on canvas....i also take a tip from richard schmid when i watched him paint up in vermont, he made sure his focus was the most interesting in regarding, drawing, values colour and edges, so thats what im going for here!

Beach Oil Sketches July 11th 2015

Had Great fun on Saturday afternoon at the beach, time to work up a composition from my plein air studies...more to come!