Wednesday, June 23, 2010

School ended yesterday, so now I'm free to paint everyday, all day if I want. I will be going to the Isle of Skye in Scotland soon, to hillwalk and paint. The scenery there is varied and wild. I intend to use the "Painting on the Edge" technique, plein air. I find it lends itself to plein air painting because if the weather changes rapidly, which it does with regularity on Skye, an entire painting is not interrupted, only one small segment. With camera back-up, that can easily be taken care of and the remainder of the painting done after the rain squall passes. Painting fog is a subject I hope to practice rendering in watercolor, it occurs often on Skye, especially in the morning. Please check to see photos of Skye and my paintings in August. Have a great summer.