Creek Bend

This is another landscape I painted last month in Roger Dale Brown's studio workshop. I learned so much from Roger! I need to get outside paint more so I can practice what I learned.

White House

I took a studio landscape 3-day workshop with Roger Dale Brown last month and started this painting in class. After I got home, I messed around with it a little bit trying to get a good sense of light hitting the area surrounding the house. (The color in this photo is a little more saturated than the actual painting.) I learned so much from Roger! He's a really great artist and teacher (and a really nice guy too!). This was my 2nd workshop with him, the 1st being approx. 6 years ago. I really love painting landscapes, but usually end up gravitating back to painting people!

November Farm

Here is the painting I did the day after I painted "Autumn Oak". It was looking out at the same farm scene, but turned a little bit more to the east. It was another glorious day! The colors in this photo aren't really true to the painting. I need to play with the saturation a bit to get it closer. The next day was yet another beautiful day, so I went out to paint but gave up after driving around for an hour. Sometimes it's hard to find a place to pull over and safely set up!

Autumn Oak

I painted this scene en plein air a few weeks ago. I discovered this spot last fall. It's not far from my house, but the only problem is that I have to stand at the edge of a little cemetery; but other than the background noise of the traffic at the four-way stop nearby, it's a nice, quiet spot. It was a perfect day, weatherwise. I could have stayed longer and painted, but I knew after painting for 1.25 hrs that I would ruin it if I worked on it any longer, so I went out the next day too.