Okay, so yes, it is my very first real plein aire painting, with a few touches back here at "the studio" as it were (my kitchen). I consider it a real plein aire because I was on the balcony of our vacation rental condo on Pebbly Beach Rd. in Avalon on Catalina Island, with my guerilla painter's box and the stuff I thought I needed packed carefully from home.
The light was changing, the boats were bobbing in the harbor, and Dan and Michael were calling to me from below on the street on their rental bikes. What could be better?? I completed this in about 2 hours or so, beginning with the challenge of first-ever use of the guerilla box on a tripod in a cramped space! Acrylics as a base coat, then oils to finish. Clearly I need a BIG lesson on landscape - but you can tell my focus was the Casino.
Did you know that the Plein Aire Painters of America was founded on Catalina Island in 1986? If you love Plein Aire painting - please look for the book "Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein Aire Painting in Santa Catalina Island". It is a treasure!
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