Ireland was a big surprise,

Wow wow wow Ireland + outdoor painters, it's a magical combination!!

We loved being there, so much, it was the highlight...

A painters dream - 

Lucky us, thick snow, and days of white!
It is a painters dream for sure.

Thought it would be good to write/blog about it when it...

New Spot.

Not very often I'll find a new great spot. Once you've got your 'go-to-places'...

But we drove passed this spot in the evening, and I was ...

Experiments with darks.

I often end up with a light painted horizon area, because far away trees can be so light in good weather. But here, with the ...

A Dark Palette.

Nothing better than circumstances that create rainbows: Darks in the sky, colorful, and the rays of strong sunlight.
Water turns as da...

Rendering Darks.

Overcast can change the blacks to a warmer side.
During overcast, or when having less blue reflected from the sky, the warmer colors...

How do you 'place' cows?

Back in the meadow, the land I love, the smell of grass, the big skies, the beautiful cows.

A Cow painting needs your 'flow...

An outdoor (welcome) side-effect = liveliness!

A fun-to-create-cow-painting that continues where the previous one (#182) stopped. More 'frivolous', s...

Painting & Sketching.

I think I had to place the easel to 3 different spots to be able to see enough. Barely!
(Normally not a problem, but here I also...

Light and Dark.

It's a beautiful painting. I might need to photograph it again indoors. Normally I like to take a photo right after creating it, but ...