Yesterday was Vincent Van Gogh's birthday (March 30, 1854). Happy Birthday Vincent! I could think of no finer way to honor him than by getting outside and painting en plein air—my first outdoor excursion of the year! Hooray! Nor can imagine a more surefire and...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
en plein air
four autumn mornings
I can't resist. I've got to be up there among them. To lose myself among the gold coins of leaves — a world's ransom of gold leaf.My new home in town gives me a fine vantage point from which to observe the mountains and their mood. And so it was one day early last...
giving away free art again!
lo·co ˈlōcō/ adjective informal adjective: loco crazy. Origin late 19th century: from Spanish, ‘insane.’ Evidently I'm loco, for I'm giving away free art again. Congratulations to Mr. CW Webb of Texas who read my summer edition of my online newsletter "Studio...
water and oil DO mix
My quandary in June was what art supplies to bring on a 3-week road trip. I had been having such fun this spring doing my little 5"x7" plein-air oil paintings with my cool little Guerilla Thumb Box, that I really kinda wanted to do that: Bring oils. But what about the...
5.01.14 ~ spring! captured in 30 minutes or less
coming into leaf ~ ashbaugh park, santa fe ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel (en plein air ~ 5" x 7" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014Despite a hard frost last night and the night before, spring has arrived in New Mexico. I know for sure, because I've borne witnessing to...
4.5.14 ~ whoop yeah! first outside painting excursion of the year!
first plein air painting of the year with my totally cool new guerrilla pocket box paint kit. A day of firsts!My first plein air painting of the year AND my first oil painting of the year AND my first use of my sweet, sweet little Geurrilla Painter "Pocket Box" paint...
9.26.2013 ~ painting autumn in frisco, colorado
8.23.13 ~ escaping to the aspens
I have to get out. Out from enclosure; out from a roof and four walls.I've spent all my summer under a roof and already there's the whisper of autumn in the air.I need coolness. And damp. A cool damp place where parched dust doesn't blow and the grass isn't...
7.31.13 ~ painting to the tune of blackpowder
morning, looking down miranda meadow ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil and mixed media on panel (en plein air) 6" x 12" ~ copyright dawn chandlerMy second painting that glorious morning at Miranda. The vantage here is half way or so down the meadow. I'm on the north side, in...
7.22.13 ~ late morning, urraca mesa
late morning ` urraca mesa ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil and mixed media on panel (en plein air) ~ 6 x 12 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013I was so pumped from my early morning painting excursion trying to capture the Tooth and Trail Peak, that when I got back into...