Optimistic and Pensive

Optimistic and Pensive

Sunflowers at Rushton Woods Preserve in Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania, painted plein air on October 16, 2019
8" x 10" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300

Sunflower Bright Sky

Sunflower Bright Sky

at Rushton Woods Preserve in Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania, painted plein air on October 16, 2019
5" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $150

Night Falls into Art

Night Falls into Art

Nocturne at the Brandywine Plein Air Festival
painted plein air October 17, 2019
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300

Four Down One to Go

Four Down One to Go

flowering in a pot in Marshalton, Pennsylvania
during the Plein Air Brandywine Festival event
painted plein air on October 15, 2019
14" x 11" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $500

My flowery subject...as we artists painted our
4:00-6:00 pm Quick Draw in
Marshalton, Pennsylvania

Plein Air Parasols Gardening

Plein Air Parasols Gardening

at Brandywine Cottage, in Downington, Pennsylvania
painted plein air on October 15, 2019
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300

Find the Plein Air Painter

Quiz
There's a plein air painter painting in the garden at
Brandywine Cottage in each photo. Can you find the painter?
 

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Up and Across and Down

Up and Across and Down

a banana plant growing in a pot
outside at Brandywine Cottage,
which is featured in the book, The Layered Garden,
painted plein air on October 15, 2019
as part of the Plein Air Brandywine Festival,
14" x 11" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $500

The plein air watercolor painting set up.

Quiz:
Can you spot a plein air painter
in the photo below?

 Another banana frond with
a distinctive white painter's cap
on a painter in there somewhere.

 

Tongues in Trees

 Tongues in Trees

at a Winterthur rock sculpture installation
painted plein air as part of the Brandywine Plein
Air Festival on October 18, 2019
14" x 11" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $500

The plein air setup

The stone engraving

Tongues in trees,
books in running brooks,
sermons in stones,
and good in everything.

 
-William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 1, Line 15

FYI: "Shakespeare is having the duke purposely (deliberately) conclude that nature "speaks" more eloquently and truly than people with their tongues, books, and sermons. Stones (inanimate objects) turn out to be better company than people who seek favors by using flattery, charm, etc."

The sculpture setting

Which Way Is the Sun?

Which Way Is the Sun?

at Rushton Woods Preserve in Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania, painted plein air on October 16, 2019
painted as part of the Plein Air Brandywine Festival 2019,
14" x 11" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $500

Chickens at Brandwyine Cottage...

What Painters?

Chickens at Brandywine Cottage,
which is featured in the book, The Layered Garden,
painted plein air on October 15, 2019
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300, painted as part of the
Plein Air Brandywine Festival 2019,
the website HERE

Peck Peck Stroll

Chickens at Brandywine Cottage,
which is featured in the book, The Layered Garden,
painted plein air on October 15, 2019
14" x 11" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $500

Curious about painting? Peck, peck, stroll.

The Brandywine Cottage
The chickens' coop is near the cottage,
just beyond the painter on the left. 

Read the NY Times article
3,000 Plants, and Then Some
about the cottage and it's noted garden HERE

See David L. Culp's website and more about
this fabulous garden HERE. And a chicken HERE!

See the book on amazon HERE.

Christina Bye Wilmington

Christina Bye Wilmington

as the Christina River flows past Wilmington, Delaware
painted plein air October 14, 2019
on the walkway at the Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife
Refuge in the DuPont Environmental Education Center,
Wilmington, Delaware,
14" x 11 (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $500

The setup

The Christina River is named after Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689); the first permanent European settlement in Delaware in 1638 was Swedish, the colony of New Sweden

The DuPont / Refuge website is HERE.

Painted as part of the Plein Air Brandywine Festival 2019, the website HERE

Island in the Thoroughfare

Island in the Thoroughfare

looking at the Deer Isle Thoroughfare from the
woods and rocks by Sand Beach in Stonington, Maine
painted plein air September 28, 2019
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb.
Arches cold press rough 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, $300

Birch Leaves Leaving

Birch Leaves Leaving

over the sea as they change color
at Settlement Quarry on Deer Isle, Maine
painted plein air September 29, 2019
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300

The plein air setup on a granite stone bench

Island Reclining - Go Figure Studies

Island Reclining - Go Figure,
Study 3

off Sand Beach in Stonington, Maine
painted plein air September 28, 2019
18" x 13" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $700
  

Island Reclining - Go Figure,
Study 2

off Sand Beach in Stonington, Maine
painted plein air September 28, 2019
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300

Settlement Quarry View

Settlement Quarry View

from the no longer quarried quarry
painted plein air September 29, 2019
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300

The plein air setup on a granite stone bench

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston was made from Settlement Quarry granite from this hill.

Settlement Quarry is part of the Island Heritage Trust on Deer Isle, Maine, their web site HERE.

Top Notch Moored

Top Notch Moored

moored for the night in evening light
painted plein air on September 28, 2019
5" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and #3 graphite on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $150

In Stonington harbor lobsterboats in sunset light, swing at their moorings, left to right, Miss Pickle, Rebecca Marie, Lynn Marie, and, in the foreground, Top Notch.