En Plein Air in the Adirondacks - 2024

Finishing up "Poet's Path" at the 3,000 acre Paul Smith College,
Visitor Interpretative Center, Adirondacks.

Pleased to have a break in the rain to be able to get in an albeit, cloudy, 2-3 hour paint session.

The week's palette.

Field Kit of Charvin Paints

Some select works by colleagues from the week long Streamline Publisher's
2024 Paint Adirondacks, Plein Air, paint-out.

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Color Theory

Latest work in-process utilizing Pototschnik's Limited Palette, Unlimited Color.

Working a plein air enlargement using Pototschnik's Extended Analogous 3 color scheme.

Palette

 

Many artists use a modest palette or may work from primary colors (red, blue, yellow) with white. Here is a snapshot of a standard field palette that includes nineteen (19) hues (utilized for "Big Sur," December 2021). It is my customary practice to use an array of warmer and cooler hues for: purple, red, yellow, green, and blue, color groups. For some decades, all of my work has been executed with acrylic pigments; therefore, this is a portable field, water-tight tray (that features, not shown here, a gasket lid with additional pull out tray for mixing). To enhance chemical integrity, it is rare, if at all, where I cross blend manufacturer's pigment lines, let alone different manufacturer's pigments. This is one (1) of about four (4) lines I currently have stocked. Each line I maintain has approximately 20-40 pigment selections. It features a vehicle base that is not best suited for field work due to quick drying time.

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