September Clouds

oil on textured panel 11" by 14" plein air. I couldn't resist painting these clouds after a small rainstorm (unusual weather this time of year). This is painted at Bullhead Flat in China Camp State Park. This is with my Frank Seranno palette.

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Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on December 22, 2014 at 6:11: Thanks Ro. I really need to clean some of the older stuff out of my gallery; hard to skim through it! Glad you liked the painting and discussion. Wish I could make movies of my painting like you.

Comment by Roena King on December 22, 2014 at 6:00: I was skimming your gallery and saw this. I liked everything about it so clicked on the thumbnail. Love your treatment of the foreground! It is "there" but does not interfere with the eye going to the trees and land sticking out. Excellent painting. I liked reading the discussion below as well. Roena

Comment by Lori Ippolito on October 2, 2014 at 17:36: Sounds great!! I find seeing how others work a great way to learn.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on October 2, 2014 at 2:21: Lori, the next time I paint at this site, I will take step by step photos and post a blog. I do paint alla prima outdoors, but I also have a pretty routine way of developing the painting. I will do that after this upcoming workshop. Anything you do outdoors, you can also do int the studio, but not necessarily vice verse because of the time element involved in paint drying and in light changes. So sometimes little secrets like how to make the underpainting dry faster and how to get lights and shadows that will change quicky blocked in early are everything in making a plein air painting work. Also, brush stroke efficiency (lay 'em and leave 'em) becomes much more critical when working with time constraints outdoors. Stu

Comment by Lori Ippolito on October 2, 2014 at 2:01: Lol..one day I may even get the nerve to do en plein air outside my backyard!!!

Comment by Lori Ippolito on October 2, 2014 at 2:00: Would be fun to do a slide show or blog showing your progress with one scene..
I'm just thinking now about how Thomas R has done so many block studies, all in different light ..and his have gotten really good as well..persistence pays. I think I need to discipline my painting a bit more..just like any type of exercise. .. I've been playing with trying different types of painting but haven't stuck with something long enough I think. I'm continuing my still lif blog using indirect painting..maybe I'll try the same setup in alla prima next, just so I don't let myself quit that type of painting.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on October 1, 2014 at 18:43: Thanks Lori. Practice may not make perfect but it sure makes things improve. I'm starting to understand how Monet could paint the same subject so many times with different light and weather conditions. I must have painted this scene from nearly the same spot at least a half dozen times in the past 4 or 5 months. By next year I should be able to paint it from memory! Stu