Painting with friends...

This past week I got the chance to paint with Carol Marine, who is an online friend, although this was the first time we met in person. I have enjoyed her paintings for several years, so when I heard she was in Maine for a workshop and wanted to spend a few days painting the landscape, I was psyched to paint with her. We didn’t have great weather for it, but we toughed it out during some unusually cold and rainy August days. It was fun seeing her work in person and getting to share stories and ideas about making paintings, selling paintings, and teaching painting. The painting above was done in a Falmouth boatyard during a light rain. I don’t have any photos of our group working, but if you check Carol’s blog, she may post some soon. We painted with several friends, one of whom was Bobbi Heath, who managed to get us together after taking Carol’s workshop over the weekend, and helping to organize our rainy plein air session.

I often find painting in the rain frustrating, but I was really happy with the painting above. I tried to keep the colors a bit brighter and more lively than the dark colors of the actual scene. It was fun playing with the colors a bit and trying to punch things up a little.

5 Responses to “Painting with friends”

1. Denise says:

   August 26, 2010 at 9:29 am

   Wow! I think that is my dream (or one of them!) to paint with both you and Carol Marine! I have a workshop scheduled with her in December, and plan to eventually work my way to one of yours! Thanks for your continued inspiration!
2. Bobbi Heath says:

   August 28, 2010 at 12:27 am

   It was such a blast painting with you and Carol that day, Colin. We all enjoyed it despite the rain. And I think this painting is just wonderful.
3. Shirley Fachilla says:

   August 28, 2010 at 1:25 pm

   I followed a link to you from Carol Marine’s blog. I love the light in your paintings and found the bit of conversation about the difference between painting a lake and painting the ocean very interesting.
   I’ve had little experience with either, but I’m going to paint on the north shore of Lake Superior in awhile. So your thoughts were very welcome. I find Superior so beautiful, but sort of scary, too. I would like to capture both aspects but probably need to be content with painting a recognizable body of water!
4. Judie Stang says:

   August 29, 2010 at 10:22 am

   I just read Carol Marine’s blog. I’ve been following her blog for years. I am one of the Kansas City “groupies” that comes up to the Plein Air Festival in Door County each year. It is amazing that really good artists flock together and interact with each other. Talent breeds talent! It would be great to get Carol to come to Door County next summer! Maybe you could suggest to Cinnamon to look at her work. Congratulations on your wedding! Hope we can meet your bride next year in Door County.
5. Brian Cameron says:

   August 31, 2010 at 11:33 am

   Hey man.. I just gorged myself on all the paintings on your journal…. What a feast! Glad to have found your work. Inspirational for me. so much punch in the ones with bright sunlight..wow!Paint on dude.