Gouache landscape – plein air, evening (25.7.2019)

Summer art assignment for painting course (landscape in the morning and evening, color and light study). Here is my evening version (~9:30-11:30PM), done in gouache. Colors and light changed quite fast within an hour so I could not paint outside during the same evening without situation changing already within my eyes (and mosquitoes swarmed me)….

Gouache landscape – plein air, morning (24.7.2019)

Summer art assignment for painting course (landscape in the morning and evening, color and light study). Here is my morning version (~9-11AM), done in gouache. Colors and light did not change too rapidly so I could paint mainly outside. Final details per photo references. I aimed to paint on second morning the rest but situation…

Painting – plein air (6.6.2019)

For this landscape painting we went to Naissaari. It is a very pretty location to paint and just to enjoy the views. We walked around to check some possible places to paint and after the tour everyone took of to their chosen locations. The main topic was water and the movement or reflections in the…

Painting – plein air (5.6.2019)

Second landscape was also painted at the university. I used water color again but then I finalized the foreground trees with gouache. I was itching to paint in gouache but I was too scared to try as I lacked proper colors. Once I got my new green gouache colors I made the trees in front…

Painting – plein air (4.6.2019)

On the second day of painting course, we went to the forest near university main campus. The assignment guidelines were using pointillism and to find a spot with enough depth / distance. I did not have in my chosen spot visibility to great distances. I was a bit uphill in more shadowy area within the…