Welcome to My Crazy Plein Air Adventures blog.
Beauty is where you find it. And sometimes it’s found by climbing over a few fences to get tThat’s part of what makes outdoor painting (Plein Air) so interesting to me.
There are always new and interesting things to be discovered and painted.
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The other day some of my painting buddies, “The Ellis County Painter” had decided to go out to Sugar Ridge Winery & Bistro Bristol to paint the beautiful cattle ranches and the beautiful Bluebonnets on the Bluebonnets Trail.
Hubby drove me to the location which I am always happy to have him with me.
The group found a pretty little lake with two swans in it and a alot of Bluebonnets.
We pull over, I found my spot and I set up my gear, pull out a 11″x 14″ canvas board and sat down to paint.
Now I know that a lot of artist blogger will always but thier best foot forward when blogging but I want to be real with y’all.
I want to tell you what went on in my crazy artistic little head.
Ok let start with the lake…
As I look out across the lake I was drawn to a little rusty bridge, a Texas flag, lots a trees and the beautiful Bluebonnets.
I told my self, “This is what I want to paint”. So with all the confidence of the world in me I started to lay down the bones of the painting.
I thought that since it is Bluebonnets season that folks would not be out on Bluebonnet tail on a Monday, I was so wrong.
It seem that at the med morning and all day folks were coming to see the Bluebonnets and take photos.
As they stop to take pictures of the Bluebonnets I found them come up from behind me and started taking pictures of me painting. My thought was OMG NO!!! THIS PAINTING IS AT THE UGLY STAGE!
Will I kept painting but my confidence leave was starting to drop and my inner critic started to raise her ugly head. To tell the truth I just wanted to trash the painting, pack up and run with my tail between my legs.
Have any of ya felt that way?
I told my self that this year was my year to turn thing around and keep pushing my self.
As I sat there painting with folks coming up to check out my work and talk to me.
My allergies started to kick in and the bugs started to bit my legs. But I kept on painting, had a great time, earn a lot about the different folks who stop by and really work my brain muscle while painting. (with being sick for a little over a year I did not get outdoors to paint at all.)
This acrylic painting is an 11″x 14″ canvas board call Bluebonnets on Flag Hill.
The next day the group group all went to different locations to paint.
So I decided to go back to Maypearl (Texas) just down the street from where I live and go back to that 100 year old barn where we all painted at.
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I had spotted two little site that I want to paint last time but ran out of time.
So on this day the weather man siad we had a high chance of a rain storm to come in. But I was going to take my chance and head out.
As I got to the site it was quite and the bird were singing and the bugs were biting.
Being by my self felt different but I did enjoy the alone time with nature. There was a few cars & trucks that drove by every now and then but over all it was quite.
As I was painted I found that the painting needed a little color so as you can see I took my artistic licence an embellish the fence line with a little color.
Next…
Once I completed the first painting I started on the gate painting. But as I started to put the bones of the painting down on canvas I could see the clouds starting to get a little dark. But I kept painting and then I could hear way off in the distance thunder. Right there was my clue to pack up and go home.Spoiler alert:
When I got home the storm had moved and it never rain that day.
This is acrylic painting on a 5″x 7″ canvas board call “Simple Pleasures”
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This is me in the middle with my two plein air friend Barbra Malmberg on the right and Bonnie Kent on the left.
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Until next time my friends. Keep creating and God Bless.
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