Step Inside: Effectively Using Plein Air Studies for Studio Paintings - Part One
"Another Sunny Day" 12x16 plein air I used to think that I should only use my very best plein air studies to make larger paintings back in the studio. If I painted it well outside, then I should just be able to duplicate it in a larger format indoors, right? But inevitably, something would be lost in translation and I would get frustrated trying to recapture the feeling and the energetic brushwork that made the plein air study so appealing. I would find myself getting bored, losing interest in just repeating the same scene stroke for stroke. I've finally come to the [...]
