Original artwork description:

While on our family vacation to Kiawah Island in South Carolina, I painted a series of Plein air paintings. Sunday afternoon, I came across this interesting doorway to the Community Center. The sunlight fell on it in such a way that I knew I would love to paint it. The lights and darks are what caught my eye. The next day, I came back an hour earlier, set up and blocked in the shapes, values and colors. There was even a niche off to the side so I could paint without getting in anyone's way as they entered and exited the Center. This painting needed to be blocked in and ready for the sunlight. I actually had time to wait 10-15 minutes for the sun to show off the doorway.
Really fun to paint and even more so to bring it inside. The use of light really pops when displayed inside. Very happy with the finished work!
Plein air (painting outdoors on location) is a challenge. The light source, the sun, is always moving. Shadows and sunlight areas are always changing and you have to deal with strong winds. Painting in public usually draws an audience as an added distraction. But the finished painting always has a quality that is very different from studio work. Plein air paintings are usually small so they can be completed in 4 hours or less. Plein air paintings show the skill of a painter. There is no time to correct mistakes. Each brush stroke must be the correct value and color the first time.

Acrylics on hardboard. Signed and dated on back and my be hung straight out of the box with a gator tooth hanging bracket, displayed on a small table top easel or framed.

- standard size and may be hung straight out of the box. If a frame is desired, this work will fit a standard open back frame. Quality inexpensive frames can be found at Dick Blick.

Materials used:

fiber

Tags:

#seascape #beach scene #streets #sunlight #shadows #plein air painting #plein aire #doors #pleinair #en plein air #doorway #plein-air