IT's raining Paintings...

It might be raining outside however the Plein Air Thursday group is creating beautiful paintings. This group is very productive turning out incredible art each week. Here is a peek at this weeks submissions.

Carol painted this adobe home using oils. The warm colors
add such interest. Painting is in progress. Next week Carol will
add the cactus. Beautiful Carol.

Linda continually surprises me, and she did it again with this beautiful paste landscape. Linda is
new to pastels but I think she found them easy to use. This
painting is rich in color and shadows. The water is wonderful. Great Job Linda.

Linda is painting this pastel still life. As you can see it is a work
in progress. So far it is a knock out.

Liz painted this woman wearing a hat using acrylics. Her ghost
like appearance adds interest and dimension to the piece.
Beautiful use of color and composition.

Michelle painted flowers that are warm and inviting. The composition
is wonderful which adds more interest to the painting. Great Job Michelle.

Michelle painted this blue tulip. Thinking of Spring
Michelle? Love the colors your using

Beautifully rendered...Makes me want to take a bite..
Nancy your paintings are so great. Love the shadows and the
background is perfect against the color of the cupcake

Now I am really getting hungry. Nancy, this painting is really
wonderful.  I'm thinking its Blueberry.

Nancy painted this glass candy glass. I love the candy kisses
wrapped in foil. Great use of blues and grays.

Nancy painted this still life using oils. I love the flowers, some are soft
looking while others are more crisp. Lovely shadows.

Rita rendered this painting in pastels. I love the intimate scene
juxtaposed against the hard cityscape. Beautiful

Rita painted this using pastels. The more you do on this painting
the better it gets. I love the rich browns you used and the trees against the
cool sky. 

Terri painted this blue Iris using acrylic.Great darks and lights makes for an
interesting painting and this works very well. I think it's a winner. Great job Terri

I painted this painting of a Maine island using oils. I wanted to use a three colors to accomplish
this painting. This is my attempt to paint more loosely. 12 X 12

I painted "Wind swept sky" using oils. I want to do a series of skies and this is the first one.
6 X 6

Mid winter delights

Mid winter might be a time of hibernation for some but not for the artist of Plein Air Thursday group. Their dedication to painting and all things art is, creativity at it's best.  And to prove my point here are the PAT group submissions.

I understand Priscilla stopped by for awhile. I know your recuperating still so my advice, for what it's worth is, put up your feet and paint!

Gail captured these threes in the winter light using watercolor. Lovely light and interesting composition.

Gail first sketched the trees before she painted the piece above. Great darks and lights

Gail's monotype...done in Linda's class.  Beautiful!

Another monotype by Gail...incredible!

Gigi painted these hollyhocks on a winter day but the colors and shadows suggest
a wonderful summer day. Love this! (oil)

Gigi painted this Maine scene. I love the many colors in the rocks. Gigi used oils to
paint this painting that could be typical rocks but with Gigi's touch they are
truly a work of art.

Gail painted these trees using watercolor on Yupo.  Love the way the tree branches lighten as they go up. The background is also very interesting. Shadows and lights are used very effectively. Great job Gail.

Terri painted these yellow tulips in a blue bowl. The colors are beautiful together, while playing off the soft background. Terri used acrylics to paint this beauty.

Gigi painted these yellow Hollyhocks using oils. She captured the sunny feeling of this
painting. This painting has a feeling of "Monet".

Liz painted this paining in acrylic. The rock bound coast is beautifully rendered in many colors.
Great use of color.

This is the painting Liz finished this week. Using acrylics she captured
this sweet house in Stonnington. I just love the composition.

The Lady in blue was painted by Liz using acrylics. I love the ghost  effect  she used. The background is very interesting and does not take away from the figure.  Liz, sign it . I love it just the way it is!

I (Sue) painted this painting plein air. It is titled: Beach Walkway.
I painted this using oil.

My view from my Lanai across the fairway. 8 X 10 oil.

"Sway of the Palms"..Plein air painting by Sue using oils 6 X 6...posted last week and is now finished.

No Winter Blues here!

Plein Air Thursday (PATs) group painted with such a fresh approach....I think it must have been the results of Nancy's lesson on shadows. She handed our some information and talked to the group about the use of shadows and how to achieve success in painting them.

Gail painted this beautiful scene in Watercolors.Love the sway of the trees
Great job Gail

Gail use of watercolor is very effective in this painting. Gail  is this on Yupo?
Good composition.

Terri finished this painting in acrylics. Nice job on the shadows!

Gigi painted this scene with a soft approach and her shadows are
very effective. Very Matisse!

Linda painted this pastel with such  wonderful darks
that are rich and powerful. Great job Linda with pastels

Liz finished this acrylic painting this week. Wow, this painting
is a wonderful depiction of a summer house in Maine. Beautifully done!

Nancy finished this oil painting this week. I love the shadows!
Nancy this paintings is soft and enticing. Great Composition.

Fred painted this painting with gusto. Love the use of color!
You can see the love of music in this painting!

I(Sue) squeezed in this oil painting that I did this week, even though I
did it here in Florida....this painting is in progress

Terri painted this bowl of cherries this week using Acrylics.Great shadows.  Love the
colors and the subject....they look juicy!