Another one

This was around 5pm today.. I feel that the light is kinda weird though. Guess I painted it inaccurately. Nevertheless, this was fun! I actually used a big brush (it says 3/4") this time to concentrate on the shapes more rather than getting lost in details. Also, tried dry brushing some parts to create texture for the trees and such.

Another this is, I didn't tape the bottom border straight, so, the lower left corner of the painting looks distorted @_@.

Can't wait for the Urban Painting session tomorrow and do some more plein air .

Location: Linda Vista Park, Cupertino

Finally.

Went to a park in Cupertino to paint.. this is unfinished though.. I need to come back for some revenge and complete the background and foreground!! :(

conclusion: focused too much on detail=>time wasted.

Paint Paint at the Zoo and Beach :) 6.7.2011

Bird Painting at the SF Zoo

Random Rocks on the Beach

Me and a couple of my artist friends went to San Francisco Zoo and the beach today! It was really fun and I did couple of quick animal gestures (which I'm kind too lazy to scan right now but will eventually do) and two paintings in Gouache. The painting of the bird didn't turn out pretty well. I like the second one better.

Bunch of TREES . . . Plein Air #2 5.26.2011

Second day of Plein Air painting !! This was done at the park on Downtown San Jose. Approximate time was 5 pm ish? I'm not sure. Again, this was made using Gouache, this time on watercolor paper. I felt it was a bit hard because unlike day 1, the subject was a bunch of trees. It was fun. The result, however, makes me realize that I really need to do more painting.

Plein Air Painting 5.25.2011 - FIRST !!!!

So the next day after my last finals, I went with some friends for a plein air painting session. This was my first real plein air session and to be honest, I was nervous at first, but, believe me, it got really addictive as I went along with it. When you put that stroke down on the paper, you just want to keep on going. Well, at least that's how I felt about it :). This was actually inside San Jose State University near the Fourth Street Garage and was done with gouache on a Strathmore mixed media sketchbook.

Gouache is pretty fun to use and I feel more comfortable with it than acrylic (at least, so far). However, I need to be really careful cause it tends to get muddy.

It was a really fun experience especially also because I was doing it together with friends. As for the result, I didn't really get it at the beginning but I think it's pretty okay. I feel that I should have pushed the contrast more and also, the background needs a lot of fix.

Oh, and I also realized, I like painting trees .

Time of the day this was painted: 4pm - 5pm ish Spring