Plein air – Page 2 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Plein air again

Tonight was sketch night and I pulled the pastels out again…. I started this around 6 and the sun sets on the South shore at 7:09 so I didn’t have much daylight toward the end of the painting session. It still needs some tweaking if I wanted a polished piece and there is enough informationContinue reading “Plein air again”

The Artful Flea

Once a month, on second Saturdays, Chincoteague has an arts “flea” market. I wanted to do one more painting before this evening’s wet paint sale so I tackled painting the market. This was a ton of fun! I usually sketch big markets and crowds of people with ink & watercolor, but this time I usedContinue reading “The Artful Flea”

Today’s Chincoteague Paintings

Yesterday I passed a house that had a bunch of mermaids in the yard…..I went back there early this morning and painted the mermaid in the lifeguard chair, then I painted the hanging mermaid this afternoon. Both of these will be available for sale tomorrow evening.

Today’s painting

Paint the Great South Bay Quick Draw

Today was quick draw day. I checked the artists in and stamped their canvases/paper in front of the Patchogue Theater. It was a good morning for painting! The artists were given a timed painting session from 9 am and had to be back by 12 pm to be judged. Because I was doing administrativeContinue reading “Paint the Great South Bay Quick Draw “

Catch

This took me two sessions to paint because when you paint outside, the light is always changing. Plus painting with oils is not like painting with pastels, pastels are more forgiving. So I went back two days later when the light was the same and finished it. I don’t normally work in oils but IContinue reading “Catch”

Fire Island Lighthouse

A bunch of us went out this evening to paint on Fire Island. We dragged our gear down toward the lighthouse. It was a beautiful evening. It was supposed to rain but the clouds blew away and left us with a juicy golden lit lighthouse. A lot of us painted the lighthouse and itContinue reading “Fire Island Lighthouse”

Painting in a boatyard

It was a cool, grey day. Some friends and I popped over to a local boatyard to paint. It was an interesting place and full of local history. I walked around a bit. Looks different from this side, usually I am sketching this location from the other side of Patchogue River. I decided on thisContinue reading “Painting in a boatyard”