Artblog of Pennsylvania Artist Claire Beadon Carnell

Saturday, August 25, 2012

SOLD
THE GOLDEN HOUR
An Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'THE GOLDEN HOUR'
Oil
6 x 12

Worked on this little painting today. I have been wanting to

paint this for two years now - ever since we came

back from visiting my cousins in North Carolina and I

looked at the photographs I had taken while we were there.

My husband and I sat on the dock behind my cousin's house and

watched the lowering sun start to touch everything

with a golden-pink light.

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Claire Beadon Carnell

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Saturday, August 18, 2012

SOLD
CATSKILL BLUES
An Original Plein Air
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Catskill Blues'
Plein Air

Oil
8 x 10

I just got back from taking a fantastic workshop by Ron
Donoughe, and then heading up to Albany, NY so that
we could explore the Hudson River Valley down to West Point.
Here's a warning - NEVER rely solely on your electronics...
we had programmed our GPS with all of the locations we wanted
to see, and as we started our journey, the GPS died.
Thank goodness we both knew how to read maps,
but there were still a large number of U-turns and some cursing!!!

I did this painting on site at North-South Lake in the Catskills,
and it took me about two hours to complete.
It was a place that Thomas Cole (the founder of the
Hudson River Valley School of Painting) used to like
to paint, and I can certainly understand why.

I kept hoping this tree beside me would keep standing...

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Claire Beadon Carnell

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Friday, August 17, 2012

RON DONOUGHE WORKSHOP

Last Thursday I headed up to Red Barn Arts in Wellsboro, PA

to attend artist (and fellow Daily Painters of Pennsylvania member)

Ron Donoughe's plein air workshop. Ever since I became aware of

Ron's phenomenal paintings, I have been hoping he would offer

a workshop. So when I saw that he was conducting one

in Wellsboro, PA, I immediately signed up.

With each painting exercise we did, Ron really focused on

the foundations - the very elements that help to make a painting

(or any work of art) 'work'. It's no exaggeration to say

that I learned more from Ron about painting

fundamentals than I learned in my four years

of college pursuing my art degree.

Here are three of the five studies I did during the workshop. They

are not 'complete' paintings, but exercises to practice what

we learned from Ron. This first 10 x 8 study was done from

inside the Red Barn Arts looking out an

open window (we were having some light rain).

The second 9 x 12 study was done up at the Little Grand Canyon

This third study was done in downtown Wellsboro, and was the most

challenging - especially the shadow areas in the yellow houses.

But that's why I chose to paint this - I knew it would

be a great learning experience!

My thanks to Ron for such a fantastic workshop, and also

to Jeff and Tania at Red Barn Arts for making this all happen!

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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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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

TREE LINE
An Original Plein Air
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Tree Line'
Plein Air

Oil
6 x 8

Domnick Brandt and his wife Kay graciously invited us to

their home to paint. I really liked this area in the back corner of

their yard where bright light on the grass was in high

contrast with the shadowy tree line.

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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.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

MAGIC LILIES
An Original Plein Air
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Magic Lilies'
Plein Air

Oil
8 x 10

I have always loved these flowers that seem to magically pop

up from the ground in August each year. They are

called 'Magic Lilies', or 'Surprise Lilies', and are

such a joy to find in the late summer garden. I really

enjoyed painting these today in my friend Pat's garden

(and also the delicious lunch she made for us)!

My gear on site this morning...

Pat working on her painting. Our umbrellas really came in handy
when that hot sun popped out. If you look closely you can
see two batches of 'magic lilies' among the black-eyed susans.

If you would like to see more of my work,

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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