Finally after a very busy Fall I am getting back to blogging. My apologies for letting things slide here on the blog. But on the positive note I have been creating out in the Open (Plein) Air. Which was one of my goals for 2014. The piece to the left is one started on site in June at a location in the Bellevue area of Richmond, as part of the VA Plein Air Painters group of which I am a member. It is currently on exhibit at "Stir Crazy" the local Bellevue area coffee shop, as part of our group exhibit. The lovely home at 1622 Pope St. is featured only in part here because this was not intended to be a home portrait. But it was to be a study in the dappled light falling on the lawn and seen thru the trees between the lots.
Thus the title: Dappled Light - 1622 Bellevue SOLD
The scan of this piece is reading a little red and with a slight cast of acid yellow which does not appear on the original piece. But I gave up trying to tweak it in Photoshop. If it does not sell at the show I will photograph the piece again to get a better image truer to the original's color.
10 X 8 Colored Pencil on Ampersand Pastelboard. I would say 70 percent of the image was done on site with the final saturation of color completed in the studio. We worked about 4 and 1/2 hours on site that day.
Prior to putting the finishing touches on this work I had started several pieces in plein air this season and am in the process of putting finishing touches on the rest. Our Plein Air group considers works done en Plein Air, works that where 85% of the image is finished on site. (No matter the media) So this one is noted as Plein Air and Studio for that reason in the show. Accomplishing 85% in one working period out of doors is a feat I have only accomplished a few times in CP and the results are smaller works generally. Unless I can use a toned board, but that effects the overall colors in the works due to the translucent nature of CP.
Look forward to the next installment on my 2014 Plein Air Season and my new addition!
Gloria Callahan
