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 to an unusual subject.
That’s part of what makes outdoor painting (Plein Air) so interesting to me. There are always interesting things to be discovered and painted.
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Friday – April 14, 2023
Today is a busy day, I had Bible Study in the morning and hubby, and I had to go see the eye doctor in the afternoon for my per-op on my cataracts surgery. So after Bible Study and before the eye doctor, hubby took me out to Getzendaner Park so that I could do a drawing for the PHW event.
There is an old gnarly tree that have what my hubby calls warts on them. I have been wanting to draw or paint them for some time. So, I made up my mind that today is the day to get it done. So when we got to the park , I found the tree with the warts were gone but one, and he has survived all the wind and storms that we have of the last five years.
Well, I had hubby park in front of the last gnarly, knotted tree in the hold park. I pulled out a little 5″ x 7″ 120 lb watercolor paper and sat in the car to save time and started to draw out my tree in pencil. Once I was done sketching in my tree, I went to my faber-castell to finish drawing my tree out.
Later, after my appointment, I will come back and add color with my watercolors.
Well, as I was drawing out my tree, a cute little squirrel jumped on one of the knots and sat there for about 8 or so mins. I had to stop drawing and take a bunch of pictures of him. How do I know it was a he? He stood up…
Hubby asked me if I was going to add him to my drawing? I said yes. (*u*) But there is just one problem where I want to place him. I have already added some lines. But that won’t stop me …
I had to kinda scrunch him in but I like how it turn out. Now off to the eye doctor.
Well I am back and this coming Thursday, I will have my right eye done, and then one week later, my left eye. But in the meantime, I am going to continue to get out there to paint, draw, and blog.
So back to the park to color my drawing.
Now the we are back at the park and I ‘m going to continue to sit in my car but do I really want to try and set up my watercolors in my cramp HHR or I could use my watercolor pencils which is so much more easier to use. I will do that.
Title: I’m watching you!
Size: 5″ x 7″ 120 lb Watercolor paper
Medium: Watercolor Pencils
How was the day: Clear and sunny
Day Temp: Med 70’s
Wind: Light wind
Until next time, my friends keep creating, and God bless y’all.
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Q & A
Who is this gal name, J.D. ?
🎨 My name is J.D. Fields and I love to draw and paint nature.
🎨 I’m a two-time transplanted to Texas, which I now call home.
🎨 I married my best friend and soul mate in 1998.
🎨 My husband has three children, two boys and a girl, and I have one girl and two boys. When we got married, we put them altogether and called us all family
🎨 I am an acrylic artist, but I love to play with watercolor, watercolor pencils, color pencils and pens.
🎨 Do you or have you ever painted in Oils?
🎨 Yes, I use to paint in oil in the beginning (1977 – 1984) but I became allergic to the oils and cleaning products and had to stop.
🎨 When did I start learning to draw? I can remember being two and half years old, laying on my grandma kitchen floor, trying to draw the animal on her land.
🎨 Growing up, I have been able to explore many different mediums – Fabric Art, Crocheting, Oil Paint, Pen & Ink Painting and Color Pencils, Charcoal and Graphite Pencil. Along with acrylic painting.
🎨 Do you sell your work?
🎨 Yes, I sell my originals, painting, drawing, and greeting cards online and in galleries.
🎨 Do you create portraits?
🎨 Not really. I am a landscape artist.
🎨 Do you sell painting with frames.
🎨 Only if they are a custom frame made for the painting.
🎨 How can I purchase a painting that I ready like but has been already sold?
🎨 You can email me at j.d.fieldsartist@gmail.com and place in the subject line ” the name of the painting.” I will be happy to recreate a similar one but it will not be a copy. All My paintings are original.
🎨 Do you teach classes?
🎨 Yes, I teach acrylic for Beginner’s to adults. I also teach drawing and acrylics for teens.
🎨 Back in the early 2000, I had wanted to try my hand in Plein air. In July 2013, I took the plug and never looked back.
🎨 Whether I’m in my studio or outdoors, I am still learning to draw upon those early influences in a way that I look at life, the subject I chooses and the matter in which I paints.
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