I had a great time at the plein air workshop offered by Bradenton/Sarasota artist Vladislav Yeliseyev. It was fun and educational to get ideas on techniques and on equipment to apply to outdoor painting.
The first location was at the Palma Sola botanical park where a variety of tropical trees are being nurtured. We all set about painting a gazebo on the large pond.
The second day we painted at a marina. I was not totally happy with the result and have omitted it here. The third day, however, was at a great site for lovers of sea food and aficionados of seascape painting. We gathered in the area of the Star Fish Company, a working site on Gulf as well as an outdoor restaurant. I chose to paint the dockside of the adjoining building, focusing on the hanging red markers.
This spring's Skylands show at the Arts and Heritage gallery in Newton occurs in May and I have one watercolor, Hampton Barn. I tried to paint this using some ideas I gleaned from Vlad as well as a study of some John Singer Sargent watercolors.
I am getting more comfortable with Plein air.
