Day 2 - En Plein Air - Eiðisdrangar

Day 2

Eiðisdrangar

Plein Air 

I sat in my car painting Eiðisdrangar, it was a lovely day but quite windy.

All these paintings are a one hour challenge.

Day 1 - En Plein Air - Neðri Kleifar - A 30 day Challenge

Day 1

I was one day late in starting but intend to catch up later in the month.

The challenge is from http://thecompleteartist.ning.com/group/online-workshop and https://www.facebook.com/joinusinjuneon Facebook, so I thought I would kill two flies in one download.  I thought I might try to do plein air from various places on my island and this is number one.  I used Oil Pastel sticks on Oil Pastel Pad which I decided to practice on and sat in my car while while working one it and it did not turn out too badly I think..  

I wanted to challenge myself even further and try to complete a painting in one hour.  

I did this one in an hour and ten minutes.

Neðri Kleifar

Oil Pastel Sticks

This 30 day challenge is to do a painting in only one hour.

I am new to Oil Pastel Sticks so it took a bit longer.

Plein air "The Three Rocks"

"Hani, Hæna and Grasleysa"

These are the names of the three little islands.

This is one of my plain air watercolor that I did the other day when George, my artist pen friend joined me in our little experiments of plein air painting.

It is much less fuss to carry the watercolor items on location than the oil but, I think I enjoy the oil better even if it takes longer.

It is such a difference painting "plein air" on location than painting in a studio, colors and everything come so to live.

We only spent a few minutes painting as it was too cold to sit for long.

Below is George and I painting, I took the photo myself, I forgot to ask George to take a photo of myself painting...:(