u/TheDarthArts

Here’s all the paintings I did up in Quincy CA for the Lost Sierra plein air paint out, a 4 day event. At the end, each artist picks their best two for showing and judging for awards. I was caught between the waterfall and the trees painting for my second, with the mountain scene being selected.

Sorry for some of the odd photos, I had to do framing from my campsite.

The between-the-trees painting looked great with the light I had while painting, but changed and looked different framed, so I went with the waterfall. I guess I’m glad I did, the waterfall painting ended up getting a ribbon!

The mountain painting was the biggest plein air I’ve tried, 20x16. It’s hard to tackle a big canvas when you’re not sure how it will turn out, easier to wipe an away an 8x10 stinker and start over after 30 minutes when it’s obvious.

The painting of the shed with the mountains.. I’m not sure why it didn’t turn out, let me know any critiques.
Second to last was a 90 minute “quick draw.”

Also, tried my first figure painting in the wild.

I’m exhausted 😅

Let me know what you think!

Here are all of the paintings I was able to paint during the 5 days St. George Plein Air Paint out last month in Utah, near Zion National park. It was an event with about 70 artists whom painted the area en plein air. I had a blast. At the end of the event, you pick your best 3 paintings to submit for judging, with awards, sales, etc. (The framed paintings are the ones I selected)

I'm sharing all of them, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I feel like all artists, no matter where they are in their journey, get a dice roll on how paintings turn out. So why not just share them all to see what its like to get some wins but also the ones that struggle during one of these events.

Anyway, I've put them in order from my favorites down to the stinkers. Sorry for the huge gallery upload, but thought it might be cool to show the finished painting and what it looked like on scene.

Cheers!

A plein air from the recent Mariposa Open Paint Out near Yosemite. My favorite of the 7 paintings I did last week. I was lucky enough that it ended up selling at the end of week show/reception. Let me know what you think!

Recently painted in the Mariposa Paint Out near Yosemite. This is a 9x12, Oil on linen panel. Had a blast painting out there for 4 days. This was my favorite of the 7 I did during the week!