Susan Hogan Girard Art: spring flowers

'100 Series Plein Air Works' - About This Blog

In October 2011, I studied landscape painting for five days with Scott Christensen, a nationally known landscape artist. Under his guidance, we painted along the pristine coastlands of Carmel and Big Sur. While the locations were exhilarating, landscape painting can be very challenging with the continuously changing light and shifting weather conditions (such as dense fog breaking way to clear skies, then shifting wind gusts and spraying surf). What I know (and learned) is that the most fun is when I am one with nature placing color notes to convey the experience in all of these changing atmospheric conditions. It takes one hundred paintings to develop a higher level of technical ability. In the months ahead, you will see each of the 100 paintings along the Monterey Bay. At the end you will see the progress from the first to the final paintings.As my journey continues, I will post links to some of the best technical notes posted on the web today. I will also be sharing my successes and 'learning opportunities' as they are available. So stay tuned for a year in the life of a developing artist and all the challenges and opportunities along the way.Happy Painting!Susan Hogan Girard

Susan Hogan Girard Art

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

"Spring Petals" 5 X 7 Oil on Linen Panel. Spring is here and the colors are delicious. Both plein air paintings are 'direct' method meaning no underpainting, just applied directly and quickly.