Plein Air Challenge: Painting Buildings on a Windy Day in Old Town, Fort Collins ✿ Art Vlog #52
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2024
- In this week's art vlog, I paint some familiar architecture with several artist friends in Old Town Square in Fort Collins, Colorado. I also explore the local art scene at Bean Cycle Coffee, have a yummy sushi lunch at Nori Maki, and share a timelapse of how I finished the painting in my studio. Skeeter my African Red Bellied parrot and an American Bald Eagle also make an appearance.
THINGS MENTIONED/SHOWN
Artists:
-- Plein Air Artists Colorado (my outdoor landscape painting crew)
-- Half Crown Creative (a local art collective)
-- Joey Derse
-- Christine M. Torrez
-- Laura G. Young (Yours Truly)
Places:
-- Old Town Square in Fort Collins, Colorado
-- Bean Cycle Coffee
-- Nori Maki (Sushi restaurant)
Art Supplies:
- Robert Simmons #14 Sapphire Round
-- Robert Simmons #8 Sapphire Flat
- Arches 140lb cold press paper
-- Mjello palette
-- En Plein Air Pro watercolor easel
- watercolor paints by Winsor Newton and Daniel Smith
Cameras: Insta360 Go 3 and an aging iPhone SE
Editing: iMovie
Anything else you'd like to see? Let me know! I'm trying to post something every week, usually on Wednesdays but sometimes Thursdays.
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Laura G. Young
Bird & Nature Art
Fort Collins, Colorado
www.lauragyoung.com
Blog: lauragyoung.blogspot.com
Facebook: / laura.g.young
Twitter: @LauraGYoung
Instagram: @laura_g_young
Once again, thanks for bearing with me as I figure out how to film with my new plein air camera! It's TEENY-TINY and fitted to a magnetic necklace so you get to see things from my point of view as I paint.
I'm amazed at what you were able to produce in that wind! Well done. Good on you for sticking it out.
Thanks so much, dear Terri. 🥰 The weather is always changeable here -- springtime even more so! I think we're supposed to get freezing temps and snow again by tomorrow evening...
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really enjoyed this and am impressed you managed with all that wind! A true and dedicated artist for sure
Aw, thanks. I'm not as dedicated as I once was; funny how catching pneumonia will do that to a person.🙃 Tomorrow looks to be rainy/snowy so I'm contemplating staying inside with some books and a pot of hot tea. We shall see...!
Wow so beautiful. Good performance 😁💯
Thanks so much! :)
Hi, Laura! I smiled empathetically throughout this video, as you battled with the elementts, having been out myself today, on a bright sunny day but with a gusty, very cold, wind from the north! I had my brolly (a large parasol / umbrella) behind me to act as a wind break, tied to my chair leg.
I was caught out, as I'd left my jacket _and_ my lightweight kagoul in the car. (That kagoul folds into a small packet and normally goes in the trolley, along with everything else!) I'm glad that I had my hat, a sweatshirt and a very lighweight, but very warm voile scarf - and, of course, the big brolly / parasol / windbreak!!!
Can you remember what colours you mixed for the buildings? My trial and error worked out ok in the end but it was a lot of error before I got there. Now I'm racking my brain to remember what I used, Lack of practice with architecture recently has definitely dulled my instinctive mixing skills! 😄
Oh, the two cups of coffee - I had to grin. Are your local stores good about allowing you to use the -loo- toilet? Here, there are very few shops, and no big department stores, only three public loos, and cafes wil only allow customers, even when the nears public facility is a ten / fifteen minute walk away..
I can understand your caution about plein air after that bout of pneumonia, and hope you have a really good plein air season this year! 🤗
So glad to hear you're out and about, as well! 🥰🎨The main colors I used for the brick buildings were Winsor Newton's Burnt Sienna and English Red, with perhaps a touch of Daniel Smith's Titanium Buff for the lightest sandstone bits. As to the loo -- we are fortunate enough to have a nicely maintained public facility just to the north of the fountain. Our town has worked very hard to make "Old Town Square" a destination spot for locals and visitors alike. I can't wait until it's warm enough for the flowers to be planted out again. (It's snowed TWICE since I made this video last week!). Thanks again and bestest wishes, L.
Beautiful picture~~ You didn't get to show us how you did the bricks! I'd like to see that.
Thanks for your kind words, and thanks for asking about the bricks! I'll be sure to show that next time I paint a building. Basically I just used my little flat brush and made little marks at brick-layer intervals, as seen in Jack Reid's book here: czcams.com/video/-LcbEx6Q3-4/video.htmlsi=wecPzDuLXO0DqWAT&t=257 . However -- now that I think about it, I might make a future video *specifically* about watercolor brushwork, which can be quite tricky to master, especially for those whose experience is in oils/acrylics or else just starting out. Stay tuned... :)