I took a plein air painting workshop this last weekend with an amazing local artist, Robin Weiss. It was exciting to see what another painter’s process is like! During the workshop we talked about everything from substrates to paint on, kinds of paints to use, equipment for painting outdoors, how to sketch and compose a scene. Then we moved into the actual painting where Robin gave us a demo from sketch to finish. The photo above was Robin’s finished piece. Amazing!

Also at the workshop was my friend, and former college classmate, Susan! It was great catching up and painting together. Above is the beginning stages of Susan’s painting. (Oh…and I don’t even know what I am doing here, holding my paintbrush as if it was a sword or something…dorky! The hat and hood combo was to combat the rain that was off and on all day during our outdoor painting session. That’s Washington for you. If you waited on the weather you would get nothing done!) Below is a shot of the scene I was painting along with my plein air painted version.