acrylic/stretched canvas
16x20
This gray fence wtih clematis cascading over the top is on one of the many picturesque alleys in Camp Hill, PA. It was painted en plein air on 2 beautiful mornings this June.
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Monday, June 18, 2012
YOUNG PLEIN AIRE ARTISTS By Cecelia Lyden
oil/stretched canvas
11x14
These are two young painters participating in the Quick Draw in Willow Park during the Camp Hill Plein Air Event. As a retired elementary art instructor, I love seeing young people engaging in any artistic endeavor. I chuckled at the positions, on the ground and the wall, they took to view and paint their subject--not sure if the apple was the subject or a snack or both, but I snapped their picture, and painted them from my photo.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
ALASKAN REFLECTIONS By Cecelia Lyden
oil/stretched canvas16x20
I used three different blues, Ultramarine, Prussian,and Manganese, Alizarin Crimson, some dark green, some Cad Yellow Light, some black and lots of white to create the somber look of this land and waterscape on the dark, overcast day we took this cruise in Alaska. Amazing views, but somewhat brooding and many times, oppressive.
Monday, March 26, 2012
TWO VERSIONS OF FOGGY MORN By C. Lyden
oil/canvas11x14
The first version of this segment of woods at Samuel Lewis State Park is closer in mood and atmosphere to the actual time and setting. When I paint en plein aire, I usually try to create the actual "plein aire", the lighting, the weather conditions, etc. We were completly "fogged in" that morning. There were no shadows or lights, just gray skies and trees receding in the mist. I liked the first version a bit, but I wanted to show more sky and to "punch up" the foreground a little. So I brushed over some of the branches, creating more negative space around, and therefore, more focus on the foreground trees. As the morning wore on, the fog diminished a bit and the sky lightened up. I reflected this slight change by adding some more white to my sky color.
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