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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Early Evening Birches
An Original Plein Air
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell



'Early Evening Birches'
Oil
8 x 6

This is a plein air of a small clump of  birches that
grow in the yard across the street from where I live.
I have been noticing the way the early evening light settles on the
ground and reflects on the trunks of the trees, and
thought it would make an interesting painting.





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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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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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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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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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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.




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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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