Lincoln and I spent the day at Shenandoah National Park at the “Painting in the Park Seminar: Nature as a Starting Place” with Kevin H. Adams. Kevin was the 2017 Artist in Residence for the park. (Read and see more about that here.) The seminar focused on the challenges of plein air painting with the focus on landscapes. While the weather was a little damp and cool….and the clouds dropped down low on the top of the mountain so we couldn’t even see our subject for a little while, it was still a terrific seminar.
Kevin offered tips and suggestions to improve painting in plein air.
And being in the park is always nice. There is so much material so I took many reference photos that I hope to paint soon.
Yesterday our young artists painted a local scene at Art Camp. Look at what a great job they did painting the entrance sign to Shenandoah National Park….along with a BEAR! Nice work!
Sometimes a last minute drive up in the Shenandoah National Park produces some terrific painting ideas. This is one from late yesterday afternoon.
The Studio 