Painting on the Cape

This past Monday I had the joy of painting on Cape Cod with my friend Sherry Rhyno, pictured here with the beginnings of her painting. We painted in the morning on the North River, then took a break for a lobster roll lunch and a visit to her gallery. We returned to painting in Chatham, but the sun went behind the clouds and the no-see-ums came out! Not so pleasant, but a great day. Here is my morning picture: North River Morning, 12 x 16, pastel.

Workshop in Westport, MA

I recently taught a three day workshop in Westport, MA called "From Plein Air to Studio". Two of the three days we were able to paint outside, then return to the studio and assess what needed to be done to improve our pictures (short of hosing them down!!!). The pictures here are from the first day on Gooseneck Island, where we had a lovely non-windy, non-hot, non-buggy day! On Tues. it was cold and rain threatened so we did sketches and painted from those--a challenge for us all. But everyone agreed that it was freeing not to have a photo in front of them.