tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post7938721799587270653..comments2024-01-10T10:30:16.780+00:00Comments on paintings prints and stuff: what to take when sketching plein air (1 ) .... oilsvivienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-65985708388633654522009-06-06T11:14:02.145+00:002009-06-06T11:14:02.145+00:00Kelly let me know how you get on with that combina...Kelly let me know how you get on with that combination?<br /><br />I wouldn't personally aim to work too impasto plein air - there's just too much scope for smearing and getting the paint over car and yourself!<br /><br />David isn't there an art group you could join? It's really tough to work in isolation I know.<br /><br />Jean enjoy lunch!vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-43218582972896031552009-06-06T10:55:59.543+00:002009-06-06T10:55:59.543+00:00I'm not doing any plein air painting atm (lock...I'm not doing <i>any</i> plein air painting atm (locked in my studio and inside my head) but how I wish I was - these two OIL paintings are terrific: full of light and fresh sea air (I must get back down to the coast sometime soon)daviddrawsandpaintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17431945969048461283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-74131273183876221732009-06-05T21:08:31.475+00:002009-06-05T21:08:31.475+00:00Beautiful painting. I definitely will come back a...Beautiful painting. I definitely will come back and read the post when I'm not so hungry; it's well past lunch time, here.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-68724010550940330952009-06-05T20:09:09.334+00:002009-06-05T20:09:09.334+00:00Love your "Warm Day in April" oil painti...Love your "Warm Day in April" oil painting! I'm going to try oil sticks and Liquin, or maybe a little Dorland's wax to get thick and paste-like? I hate carrying too much equipment and thought the sticks might do the trick -- we'll see!Kelly M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07281523503121981821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-21076017671186433302009-06-05T05:55:11.125+00:002009-06-05T05:55:11.125+00:00Hi Joan and Carolann
I think a little donkey to ...Hi Joan and Carolann <br /><br />I think a little donkey to carry the paints would be useful :>) or one of those dune buggys :>)<br /><br />Carolann - keep going with the plein air, it gets better and better as you go - and I see you were a mature student too. It's a buzz isn't it?vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-7697080616715993292009-06-04T22:06:34.123+00:002009-06-04T22:06:34.123+00:00Thank you for sharing this info with us, I will us...Thank you for sharing this info with us, I will use baby oil and cooking oil for cleaning brushes, sounds better than white spirit to take out. Actually I tried plein air just in the garden and wasn't much of a success first time round, I will have a go again though. This has inspired me not to give up. You have really captured the sea in that small one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-7567949535241582602009-06-04T15:01:36.392+00:002009-06-04T15:01:36.392+00:00Oh, I loved seeing your plein airs!!!! I guess I&#...Oh, I loved seeing your plein airs!!!! I guess I'm lucky that I work in watercolors. I just bring along my backpack with all my sketching stuff, a paint palette and brushes, some water, my chair and I'm off. I can pretty much carry most of what I need if I'm not going too far.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860888779743721034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-10599918230650361532009-06-03T15:01:15.392+00:002009-06-03T15:01:15.392+00:00Lindsay, Robyn Cathy and Lisa - thanks :>)
It&...Lindsay, Robyn Cathy and Lisa - thanks :>)<br /><br />It's good to see you back Lindsay <br /><br />I'm sure you'd like using oils plein air Robyn - I look forward to seeing some in the future <br /><br />Cathy, yes, baby wipes are good too<br /><br />and Lisa - here is a link to a similar (but a bit posher! tent http://www.thekidswindow.co.uk/Selling.asp?product=1557 - mine isn't a sunproof one, simply plastic that gives some shade, but it does look quite like this. Mine was a LOT cheaper as well.vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-74110575483914611402009-06-03T13:30:30.045+00:002009-06-03T13:30:30.045+00:00Do you have a link to the tent you use for working...Do you have a link to the tent you use for working en plein aire?lmphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07440554028998305604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-86068825386175393382009-06-03T11:30:08.790+00:002009-06-03T11:30:08.790+00:00This is wonderful to know - I've never dreamt ...This is wonderful to know - I've never dreamt of painting in oils plein air, as I thought I wouldn't get my head around everything I'd need to organise and carry, but you make it sound quite simple. A teacher I had once said that baby wet-wipes are also great for cleaning hands and surfaces after oils. I love your paintings here, the top one especially.Cathy Gatlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004501411878060668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-26177683705430692062009-06-03T08:19:59.060+00:002009-06-03T08:19:59.060+00:00Terrific post, Vivien. Your range of supplies sou...Terrific post, Vivien. Your range of supplies sounds quite liberating, so I can't wait to try it. I don't have quick drying oils but apart from that I have the whole kit - so running out of excuses. ;) Of course I don't have the little tent but it does sound like a splendid idea for 'shy painters' like myself.<br /><br />Beautiful oils - I particularly love love the Wells beach.<br /><br />Now looking forward to your follow up posts.Robyn Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663604160297996421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-6063292201899350612009-06-03T00:50:22.152+00:002009-06-03T00:50:22.152+00:00Wow! Have I missed alot here. I love all these pos...Wow! Have I missed alot here. I love all these posts on your plein air work. The sketches and the oil paintings are just beautiful and I really appreciate how much information you share about both your observations and your painting.<br /><br />You have such a unique way of expressing light, movement and color. I love your work...but you already know this.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142884023928819776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-88599323596135809692009-06-02T17:58:21.999+00:002009-06-02T17:58:21.999+00:00'what if' - oh that's me too!
so ditt...'what if' - oh that's me too!<br /><br />so ditto re carrying it :>)vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-46990297758395348662009-06-02T13:35:45.553+00:002009-06-02T13:35:45.553+00:00Great info vivien and beautiful work as always. I'...Great info vivien and beautiful work as always. I'm still trying to get used to the oils as cleaning medium, but I'll get there. As for equipment, I am one those "what if" people...what if I change my mind on medium, what if I only want to play around with materials, what if I need that colour, or this canvas...with the result that I still take a lot of stuff with me...I fix most of it in a backpack and then just have to "CARRY it and not complain!<br />RonellAfricantapestry and Myfrenchkitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721198951463440836noreply@blogger.com