Town & Country Plein Air

It was a beautiful warm day today with the sun going in and out. I was ready to paint something, anything today to just get outside. This is a view from the yard at the studio looking out to 4th Street and the Brooklyn Arts District. A little ways into it I realized that I did not measure and count the windows exactly but knew I did not want the large building to run off the right side of the canvas or the composition would look wonky.  I do like to be exact as possible with some details but if it makes the entire painting suffer for it well then it makes no sense, it's the overall feel I try to achieve. It was fun. I don't know how much I like the canvas board though. I did put a light coat of gesso on it but I think in the future I will go with a different brand. "Trailer" oil on canvas board 8x10

Like much of my subject matter this was painted from my backyard with the subject being my neighbors upstairs back apartment. I have drawn this before but never painted it. The sky took on more blue as time went by but I was intent on sticking with the paler version I initially saw. Suddenly things changed pretty quick and I decided to count my losses and raced to wrap it up as quickly as possible.  "Out Back" oil on gessoed board 8 x 10

 Another neighborhood painting. The way this started I thought this was destined to be a wipe out, but I refocused and did a little editing to try and get it to breathe a bit. The sun changed a bit but not too drastically where it made my head spin but it still threw me a curve or two. "Across the Street" oil on gessoed board 8x10