In the open air

Yesterday a few of us from the Hein Academy decided to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather and go plein air painting up Little Cottonwood Canyon! I have never really done plein air painting so it was a lot of fun just to have the experience. We were hoping to get some fall colors but we missed it by about a week. We were surprised to see snow and it was neat to paint a winter scene without freezing. It was a bit nippy because of a cold breeze, but the sun was shining and it was glorious!

I did the painting on the right first (see below), but it was not going well so I started over with a different view (on the left). It felt really different from the portraits and still lifes that I'm used to. It was a bit liberating because you don't have to be precise and it still works. It was fun!

While we were painting some photographers from Florida came over and asked to take our picture. They might email us some of the pics they took, which I'm sure are much better than mine. If so I'll be sure to post them.

(sorry for the glare)

 

plein air painting with the crew up Little Cottonwood Canyon