I took a Plein Air painting workshop this weekend with Michelle Chrisman. Plein Air painting is painting outside directly from nature. This was a new experience for me and I truly loved it. We first painted at Los Poblanos Ranch and on the second day we went far north in Corrales and painted the Rio Grande. As you can see I improved by the second day and can't wait to get outside and try this again. The fall weather was beautiful and I learned invaluable lessons of cropping my image, simplifying the landscape, finding shapes, and creating a pattern of dark values.
I'm starting something new. ATC's are meant to be traded only. They are small works of art measuring 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" (the size of a baseball card), and can be of any media. They are portable and fun to do as a respite from more serious works. I have begun this endeavor with watercolors of dead artists. I plan to do a small series.