Hazel Morgan painting the Woodford valley. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.
Here are some images of plein air landscape paintings from this month in England and Wales. I was teaching a weekend plein air workshop in London for LARA, and then a week-long course in Wales for the Welsh Academy of Art. In the interim I painted with my old friend Hazel Morgan in the countryside around Salisbury.
Woodford Cows. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
Late Afternoon by the Avon. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
Salisbury Cathedral. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
One thing I love about painting in the UK is how many talented plein air painters there are to meet up, talk shop, and paint with. While in Wiltshire (and Dorset) I had a couple of painting afternoons with Charles Church and Oliver Akers Douglas.
Charles Church painting cliffs in Dorset. 30 x 20 cm, oil on panel.
The Durdle Door, 35 x 25 cm, oil on panel.
Barley fields above Tisbury. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
I intend to write a blog post about techniques for painting in the rain, and hoped to test new gear in the UK. Unfortunately we had very little rain, and blue skies for much of the time. I’ll have to wait for the Italian autumn to try my new set-up.
Sheep on a Welsh Hillside. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.
Children playing under a tree. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
Narrowboats. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.
Tretower Morning. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
Patterdale and Whippet studies. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
Brecon Beacons cows. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.
Lastly, here a couple of paintings from my weekend in London. I painted with Roy Connelly and scouted extensively for views with both Roy and Julian Merrow-Smith.
Prince Albert Bridge, 30 x 20 cm, oil on panel.
Cleopatra’s Needle on the Embankment. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.