8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Raymar canvas panel
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I was down painting in Hastings-on-Hudson this morning. The Hudson River view was gorgeous as always. The sun hit the cliffs in the early morning light, giving them a reddish color. As the morning wore on, they became darker and more violet. I am always amazed by how much the color of the cliffs changes so quickly there. I stuck with my early morning version.

After painting, I went to a wonderful exhibit at the Hudson River Museum of the work of Anna Richards Brewster…..highly recommended!

8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Canson board
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What was I thinking? I sat in the blistering hot sun at Tilly Foster Farm for hours to paint this. Even with my large beach umbrella for shade, the heat was too much today. When I was finished, I walked over to where my smart friends were painting, under the shade of a huge tree! It felt 20 degrees cooler there. The great subject matter of this old truck was more than I could resist, even in the heat. The hay bales were glistening in the morning sun, and the large barrel of flowers provided the final, beautiful touch. There’s an old car there now too; I’ll have to go back to paint that one as well!

My palette for this painting:
Naples Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Primrose
Pyrrole Red
Transparent Red Oxide
Ultramarine Blue
Phthalo Blue
Jenkins Green
Titanium White

6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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I spent a wonderful morning painting with friends at the historic home of Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph! His estate, Locust Grove, in Poughkeepsie, NY has exquisite, specimen trees, colorful gardens, and challenging architecture! Although the property overlooks the Hudson River, the area is overgrown, and only a glimpse of the water is visible. I was captivated by the light hitting the house in the morning sun.

8×10″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on Multimedia Artboard
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This painting began as a plein air sunrise on Friday. I did an experiment and started by coating the board with titanium white, then painting the subtle sunrise colors into that. Well, my experiment failed. The upper layers mingled with the wet white paint and it was all too chalky and subdued.

This morning I repainted it, bumping up the chroma and relying on my sunrise memory (I didn’t take photos that morning), plus a little extra saturation boost. I showed it to my husband, and we both felt I had overdone it and the colors were too strong.

So, the painting then moved on to its “third life”. I knocked down some of the brilliance of the color. The cloud formations and colors changed as I went through the different versions of the painting, so it isn’t the sunrise that was actually out over the lake on Friday morning, but rather the sunrise that evolved over the three lives of the painting.

5×7″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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Today is one of those unbearably hot and humid summer days, so I set out early for Boscobel Restoration in Garrison to beat the heat, and did just one small painting. The Hudson was shrouded in more than its usual share of haze with the high humidity. I found Golden’s Titan Buff color to be the perfect palette addition to capture that atmosphere. I painted the entire panel that color, then painted into it with my other colors. I love the effect it gave!

I had a meeting up at Olana today, home of Hudson River School artist, Frederic Church. Although I didn’t have time to pull out all my gear to paint, I couldn’t resist at least doing a sketch while I was there. I saw a nice bench under a tree next to the mansion, so I pulled out my sketchbook, fountain pen, and watercolors, and took advantage of the shady spot while sketching. (You can click the image to enlarge it.)

Materials:
4.5×6.5″ Derwent journal
Lamy Safari fountain pen with converter
Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink
Winsor Newton Artist watercolors

10×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on canvas covered hardboard
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This is another painting done on location at Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, New York. This little pond near the entrance not only had stunning birch trees, but beautiful pond lilies as well. Those will have to wait for another painting, hopefully soon!

1.75×2″ including frame, Acrylics on 4-ply 100% rag bristol
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This tiny Monet copy of his famous painting, Poppy Field Near Argenteuil, is set with a Coke can for size reference! These little ones can sometimes take longer than a much larger painting, and this one definitely fell into that category. I’ve painted this Monet scene before; it’s one of my favorite Monet paintings, and looks fabulous in this diminutive form! Here’s a picture of the painting alone, about actual size. Unfortunately, my camera doesn’t photograph these tiny paintings very well:

Here’s a slightly larger version too. I had to use a magnifying glass while painting to get some of the details in on the figures and the house!

The beautiful gold frame is actually a dollhouse frame. I cut the board to fit the frame, and then did the painting to size. It will be sealed and varnished, and will look just like a tiny oil painting in a frame. These miniatures can be purchased with a pin back so you can wear your art, or a gold thread for hanging from a brass tack, or a miniature easel to stand on a table. I ship them in gold gift boxes (as shown in the first image). They are often done on a commission basis, and you may commission any painting that no longer falls under copyright protection, or I can do an original for you.

12×16″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on sealed, primed hardboard
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I had a wonderful excursion to Nyack today to paint along the Hudson River. The day was supposed to be very hot, so I left home early this morning to beat the heat. When I arrived at this wonderful path along the river, I was captivated by the yellow, atmospheric sky over the far hills across the river, and the shapes of the trees. This spot is very close to the parking lot, but I saw no reason to venture further, and set up my easel.

I used more than my usual limited palette for this one, expanding my colors to a whopping seven tubes!
Buff Titanium
Naples Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Primrose
Cadmium Red Light
Transparent Red Oxide
Ultramarine Blue
Titanium White (hardly used it at all)
The buff titanium and naples yellow were great additions to my palette for this particular scene. I think they’ll likely become staples for these atmospheric, early morning paintings.

6×8″, Golden OPEN Acrylics on linen
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The Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of New York Plein Air Painters gathered at Stonecrop gardens in Cold Spring, New York today. Usually when we paint in Cold Spring we paint along the Hudson, but this beautiful garden presented us with some welcome and varied changes of scenery. I started out down by this beautiful pond, with a stone bridge reflecting in the water.