Tree #15 Goat Road, Saquish

I love dirt roads. I tried to capture the dapply light.

Saquish Summer Soirée

I've just returned from a few days on Saquish Beach, Plymouth- an amazing piece of sandy beach  in the middle of Plymouth Bay. I found quite a few trees to paint! I even saw a big seal on a rock. So much fun! Had a great time- felt like summers last hurrah ( although we still have lovely summer weather here!) Hope everyone had a good summer. thanks for looking!

 

Rarely can I lift my head out off the pillow to see the sunrise!

Here's the seal- he was cool!

What a gorgeous morning! This is looking up Highland Street in Marshfield . I am going off grid for a few days (sort of- staying on Saquish beach with a couple of good pals) might not post again till Wednesday. Thanks for all your encouraging words. I think this is a struggle but nothing compared to the  folks affected by all these hurricanes. So terrible. My prayers are going out to all of them.

Tree #8- 8"x10" oil on canvas

Another Art Complex Museum Tree-  I think it's a Linden tree.
No time to look it up in my tree guide- busy busy day at work. I'm breathless trying to keep up!

Tree#7

Today started out grey and drizzly- this was done before work in the Art Complex Museum studio looking out the window at a tree on the corner. It was an obstructed view, kind of a challenge- and then I had to wait till 4 to finish - the sun was out! So I played around. There was red ivy on the tree. Fall is approaching!

Tree #6

Today is a work day- luckily I had 30 minutes before I started work to get this one in- and also it is very fortunate that  the Art Complex has so many beautiful trees to paint! Still a limited palette but I added ultramarine blue and cad red medium to the mix.

We got a lot of rain and thunder right after I pulled the easel inside! Yikes!

#5 - Maple Tree in Marshfield Cemetery

                                This morning I used oils- and painted with a limited palette I saw on one of the challenge blogs - looking at all the other challenge paintings on Leslie Saetas  30 in 30 blog is so educational and fun! Oils are great but I usually paint in acrylics- again- challenged! But I love the squishiness and oiliness of the medium. Plus it stays wet on the palette.
This is prussian blue, alizarin crimson, cad lemon and white. I liked the palette a lot- but didn't have good turps- I need to get some Gamsol ( the best turps). I keep struggling here!
Cemeteries have great old trees.