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Sunday, August 28, 2011

POBLANO PEPPER 1, 2 and 3
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
86, 87, and 88/100

'Poblano Pepper'
Oil on Canvas panel
6 x 6
86/100


'Poblano Pepper 2'
Oil on Canvas panel
6 x 6
87/100 

'Poblano Pepper 3'
Oil on Canvas panel
6 x 6
88/100


Yesterday evening I went through the garden and picked
things I thought might get damaged by the winds and rain
that were predicted with the arrival of Hurricane Irene.
Among the things I had chosen to bring into the house were
some poblano peppers, which varied in color from
greens to very dark reds. 

I was so glad I had chosen these peppers when I woke up
to find that Hurricane Irene had knocked out our electricity
around 4 a.m., and the other things I had planned to do today
were not possible without power, phone and/or water.
It was a perfect opportunity to just paint, which is
exactly what I did.  The power has finally come back on
12 hours later, so I guess I'll have to get those chores done...


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Claire Beadon Carnell
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

JUST OPENING (SUNFLOWER)
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
85/100

'Just Opening'
Oil on panel
 6 x 6
85/100

Day 85

On a day when the clouds are getting darker and
more ominous, and the winds from the outer edges
of Hurricane Irene are blowing through the trees, I thought
it would be nice to post the painting I did yesterday
  from a bouquet of sunflowers I picked while painting
 on site at Eric and Nancy Olsen's Windmill Creek Studio
farm this past Tuesday.  I painted the sunflower from life,
but brought up the memory of the color of the sky
from Tuesday to add as my background...think it works
better than an ominous shade of grey...

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interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
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Claire Beadon Carnell
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Friday, August 26, 2011

GARDEN LILIES
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
89/100

'Garden Lilies'
Oil on Canvas Panel
 6 x 8
89/100

Day 89

The scent of the lilies is the reason I plant them in my
garden - even more than their beauty.  I have planted
lilies of many types and colors, but am always
disappointed that they seem to revert back to
their native color.  This deep red-orange asian
lily is one of the few that has kept its original color
from year to year. Now if I could just figure
out how to make sure the other lilies would do the same...

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

FIELDS OF GOLD
Original Plein Air
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Fields of Gold'
Oil Plein Air
12 x 9 on Raymar linen panel

On Tuesday of this week, artists met at Nancy and Eric Olson's
 beautiful Windmill Creek Studio farm that included four acres
of golden sunflowers.  The day was gorgeous, and the vistas
incredible every way you turned.  It was an artists' dream...
The most difficult part of the day was to decide what to paint,
because there were so many choices.   The most unique
part of the day was that we experienced the ground tremors
of the earthquake that travelled up and down the east coast. 

I decided to paint the field of sunflowers with a view of
the tree-line and mountains behind.  I loved the different
shades of blue in the background, and how they provided a
nice cool backdrop to all of that lovely yellow.  This is entirely
plein air, except for my signature which I added when I took it
out of my pochade box this evening to take a picture.

- Pictures from our day -


Artists at work.  Starting on the right - Linda Young,
Robert Hughes, Clare Klaum, and Jane Ramsey.


Clare Klaum gets right in the action to get a good photo.

Is that Linda Young in those sunflowers?  It was fun to
take a silly moment while we were scoping out painting sites!

Mary Beth Brath savoring the beautiful view, and
taking some pics for potential paintings.

Jane Ramsey gets the prize for travelling the farthest
to participate in this amazing day of painting.  Loved
having her there with us!

A day I am sure we will never forget...


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interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
here on this blog, please contact me.

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

ROSE OF SHARON 2
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
83/100

'Rose of Sharon 2'
6 x 6
83/100

Day 83


I enjoyed painting my first 'Rose of Sharon' painting
so much that I decided to do another.  Although this
one has some of those lovely lavenders I dound when
studying the flowers for the first painting, it is much
warmer in color than the initial study.  I am finding that
my flowers are starting to dwindle - a sure sign that Fall
is not too far away...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

SPECIAL DAY AT PINE SCHOOL STUDIO

This morning I held a special acrylic painting class for some
very special children.  We had a lot of fun working on creating
a painting from a photo of a double rainbow (that my daughter
recently photographed).  Great color mixing, pushing of paint and
lots of creativity - Much fun!!!

Here are some pictures.

 Everyone hard at fun!

 Time for the critique...

Davis's painting, including 'Fluffy'
(Davis 6 years old)

Jake's painting...with wheels, of course!
(Jake 8 years old)

Maddy's Painting...love those greens
(Maddy 4 years old)

McKenna's painting really captured the beautiful
 hills and double rainbow from the photo.
(McKenna 8 years old)

Stevie's painting ROCKS!!!
(Stevie 3 yrs old)

Monday, August 8, 2011

EWE AND LAMB
Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Ewe and Lamb'
oil on linen panel
9 x 12

This summer I was fortunate to be able to paint several
times at the Dickinson College Farm.  While I was there, I 
took the opportunity to take many reference shots of
 the farm, and also of their lovely sheep.  The lambs
were adorable, and full of shenanigans.  This little one was just
content to walk to the water trough with his mother.


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please visit my website or my blog. If you are
interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

CHANCE OF RAIN
(Ft. Hunter, Susquehanna River)
Original Plein Air
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell


'Chance of Rain'
Ft. Hunter, Susquehanna River
Oil on Panel
8 x 16


Last Thursday I painted at Ft. Hunter, along the
Susquehanna River.  The day was overcast, with a chance
of rain in the weather predictions.  I particularly liked this
view of the river that included the receding mountains and
the cloudy sky.  Even in the more subdued tones, there
were still many different colors.



Below is a picture of my painting in progress.









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interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
here on this blog, please contact me.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

ROSE OF SHARON
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
82/100

'Rose of Sharon'
6 x 6
82/100

Day 82


I did this painting for the Daily Paintworks 'Nature's Arrangement
Challenge'.  The instruction was to paint some flowers plein air using
a very limited palette of one blue, one red, one yellow and
white.  You were to use only a large, medium and small paintbrush
and you had to stop after painting for one hour and call it
'done'!  This worked out well for me because it also fulfilled
my own '100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge - Inspirations from a
Back Yard' Challenge, and also provides me with a new
plein air painting to post on the SVPAP blog - and most of
all was just a lot of fun to paint.  Can't ask for better!!!


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interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

UNEXPECTED VISITOR
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
81/100

'Unexpected Visitor'
Oil on Panel
8 x 6
81/100

Day 81




About a week and a half ago when we were under the
'Heat Dome' that graced us with temperatures over
100 degrees, I was doing everything I could to stay
cool and conserve energy, so I was painting in the house
instead of the studio.  At one point I had to run up to
the studio for some supplies, and just as I got to the bottom
of the steps leading up to the studio I happened
to see this strange little bird in the corner of our yard.
I slowly backed up and got my camera from the house,
and was quite surprised and pleased to find that he was
still there.  As I crept forward to take closer pictures,
another one of these birds flew out of our huge hemlock.
I turned to look up into the hemlock and saw three more
of these birds!

My immediate thought based on the curved neck,
long beak and legs on this bird was that it was in the
heron/cormorant family.  I got my pictures then went into
research what I had photographed, and learned that
these were juvenile green herons.  We had the
pleasure of seeing them again two days later - not
sure what brought them into my yard...perhaps
they heard that I was coming close to finishing my
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from
a Back Yard' Challenge and wanted to get painted!
I try not to disappoint...

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please visit my website or my blog. If you are
interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell
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Monday, August 1, 2011

Special Summer Workshop
at Pine School Studio

I don't teach group classes during the Summer any more
 because of so many students going on vacation during the
Summer months, and also my wanting to take advantage
 of the milder weather for plein air painting.

Last Wednesday, I held a special Summer workshop in
my studio that specifically involved painting greens in
the landscape.  In the course of 6 and a half hours, each student
worked on two separate small paintings - both with a wide variety
of greens.  I was really impressed with what everyone
accomplished, especially in such a short period of time.
What was especially interesting was seeing the growth
from the first painting to the second painting!  Hope they
all had as much fun as I did!


From left to right:  Carolyn C., Maisie G., Betty H., Emily M., Margie T.,
Allen M., and Lisa L. showing progress on the second  8 x 10 painting,
which helped develop an understanding of warmer greens and
greens in the distance.

 Betty H. and Carolyn C. working on the first painting,
which contained some cooler color greens.

Emily M.

Allen M. and Lisa L.


Maisie G.

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