Painting Plein Air

1/3/2011

Some acomplished artists say that one of the essential elements of success for an artist is painting Plein Air.
When you are out in nature painting, it is all before you in real time with real light, and your eye can pick up a lot of colors that cannot be captured by a camera. The natural energy of the place will seep into your paintings to give an effect you cannot quite capture in the studio.
This particular sketch was done at UBC overlooking Wreck Beach.

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Jordan Carruthers

2/23/2011 09:34:31 am

This is a great oil painting. unlike an average painting of the beach/ocean on a clear day, which would show clear blue waters and sky. this painting is mostly white. i love the hot dazed feeling the white gives off. i feel like im squinting out the sun looking through the trees. perhaps thats how u felt creating this piece.

this seriously moves me to the beach and makes me wanna grab a cold one. i could use something like this in my dark basement suite

Painting Plein Air

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