Part 2 - painting plein air

 Finally  - a sunny day meant I could return to Arlington Court and 

complete the painting started the other week (see previous blogpost)

(click the image below for video)

For this session of painting plein air, I'm calling the painting Done,

although there will be one or two 'tweaks' to be added in the studio.

~ Hope you liked seeing this ~

 

 

 

"There's a plane on the beach"

Yes, those were my words as we drove along and I spotted the plane on the beach.  Hubby didn't believe me til we stopped and he saw it for himself.   We had just been for a walk and were heading back above the dunes, so we had a great view across the beach.  Long story short, we stopped up there and hubby walked down to take photos and video.    At the present time, we still have no idea why the plane had landed, but at least it took off and went skyward safely.  (How it managed to land without incident is amazing - there were quite a few people walking the beach at the time).    It has to be said, that we are not used to having random planes land there, so it must have been some sort of emergency, that thankfully got sorted.  

One of my facebook followers suggested that perhaps it was a William fan stopping to see him....Oh why would that not surprise us 🤣

anyway...enough waffle from me....here's some pics:

If you click the picture below, it will take you to the video: 

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Clean up time....

The palette I use for Oil painting is excellent, but not intended originally as a palette at all.

It is in fact an Ikea glass shelf with a grey toned back.  This works perfectly for mixing paint, as it gives a mid-tone and allows me to choose how the mixing goes, either darker or lighter.  

The best part, is the clean up of this palette.  I can leave Oil paint on there for days/weeks and when it comes to cleaning, scrape some with a wide-scraper, or use some methylated spirit which successfully dissolves the oil paint.

As you see, this time I had a Very Messy Palette!

If you click on the photo, you'll see my Clean Up with a difference.

Well, you just knew I couldn't keep away from a good view...

'Twas a lovely spot today for some plein air painting. Set up my easel again at Arlington Court National Trust - Amazing how the sun and shadows can make the same scene look so different from one day to the next. The shadows changed as I worked and feel I could do with a row of small canvas boards to capture how it changes during the day.

I now have to wait for this layer of paint to dry and will be back another day to add more to it and hopefully complete this one.

Lots of visitors stopped for a chat, that really made my day.

close-up