Across the Marsh

Yesterday is was too windy for the Botanical Gardens so I set up in my backyard in the mist of some trees. I did have a view of the marsh and of the neighbor's backyard across the marsh through the trees.  (The marsh is mostly in my yard.)  This was painted on a 11x14 unbleached canvas sheet, panted area about 11x13.5.

Cotton Field

Yesterday while driving back home from a visit to my daughter's house in the farmlands of Suffolk, I spied a cotton field that I thought might make a nice painting.  I figured I better get back there quickly before the cotton was picked so today I went back and painted it.   It is painted on a 9x12 linen covered panel in oils.

This was one of the most fun times I have had painting plein air.  I know the painting isn't the best but it was so fun, it is the only plein air painting that I have framed and hung!  --a memento of a really great day!

Healing Garden

This is a painting that I did at the Botanical Gardens about two weeks ago.  It needed some touch-ups so that is what I have been doing today.  All of the paintings that I posted today were plein air paintings that needed touching up.  Usually I do that sooner but not on these.  The area painted is the Healing Garden.  It is painted on a 9x12 stretched canvas.

Foot Bridge

This was painted at the Botanical Gardens last week.  I did some touch-ups in the studio today.  It was painted on an 8x10 canvas sheet.

Scenic View

The view is from sitting in the chairs!  This painting started off as a plein air from a plein air event in Carrolton, Virginia.  It was the second painting of the day and I was not able to finish.  I started on it yesterday and spent way too much time on it, considering the resulting painting.  I'm not pleased with this one either.  So, practice, practice, practice!!  It was painted on a 9x12 canvas panel.

Fern Glade

Yesterday I went back to the Botanical Gardens.  It was very breezy so I looked for a spot in the trees.  After walking around for about an hour, I settled on this scene in the Fern Glade.  While painting, my easel almost collapsed twice.  I was able to catch everything without too much mess.  (I caught the palette in my hands.  The mess was on me!  The paint under my fingernails was difficult to remove!)  Well, the painting turned out about as good as my hands did.  It looks a little better in person, but not much!  I was not happy with this one.  Painted on an 8x10 canvas sheet.

Reflections

I did this painting for the October landscape challenge at Wet Canvas.  This was my first challenge anywhere and enjoyed painting it.  I usually only paint my own photographs or paint on location.  This was from a reference photo posted in the October landscape challenge.  It is painted on a 11x14 stretched canvas in oils.

Stone Bridge

This is yesterday's painting at the Botanical Gardens.  Leaving this scene while going back to the car, I spotted some nice scenes that I am going to try and paint today.  This was painted on an 8.5x11 canvas sheet, mountable to an 8x10 board (in oils, as usual).