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| Weir Farm Paint Out - Stage One |
Weir Farm in Hingham, MA boasts a countryside feel, ocean vistas and a breathtaking view of the Boston Skyline. I loved this spot and took a nice walk to explore my options before getting into painting. I saw a pair of hawks swooping around and being engaged by yet another smaller hawk. Two baby calves were trotting around in the grass and playing together. It was just gorgeous out there and it got brighter and sunnier as time went by.
I painted the cows right away, both because they were to be the center of interest, and because they happened to have arranged themselves in an nice abstraction of black and white spots. They got up and moved several times during the course of my time there so I'm glad I captured them when I did. After painting the cows I started at the top of the canvas and worked from the sky on down, mostly using a palette knife. The tops of the trees in the valley below the meadow had new spring growth with pale green and pink hues. The colors got warmer and greener as they got closer to the foreground. |
| Weir Farm |
I loved being at this beautiful spot and it probably is the primary reason the result was decent, especially the color match. Early on, there was another good omen. A bug landed in the freshly painted sky, a badge of honor to a plein air painter.
Translation, we were out there in the elements, and we - well, at least one of us - survived!
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2 comments:
I enjoyed seeing your painting in progress. It is helpful to learn how others approach their paintings. Did you divide it into thirds on purpose or did it just fit into the scene naturally? Thank you for sharing your art with us!
Thank you so much for your interest and question! I didn't plan to have the painting be divided into thirds, but I knew I wanted the cows to be in the upper half so that the "greenness" of spring would have enough of the foreground. Regards, Maureen
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