Going Another Round
Evening Sun, the final version
When I first started painting landscapes in oil, I concentrated on painting a lot of quick plein air studies - 45 minutes to 2 hours, max, and I'd be done. It was a great way to get "brush mileage" and to learn to paint quickly and decisively. The drawback was that when I got to the point where I wanted to do larger studio paintings, I always felt like I had to finish them in one sitting - alla prima, like my plein air work - or else they'd loose their freshness and spontaneity. But as I've been painting more over [...]
