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Mississippi River Rocks in Full Sun | plein air painting to last the whole winter

September 19, 2009

You know how you sometimes stop and think to yourself, “I’m going to have to remember this feeling?” I had one of those moments while I was out painting last Sunday.
I was down on the Saint Paul bank of the Mississippi River with my mother for another plein air painting outing.  The sky was blue [...]

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Mississippi River Reflections | plein air painting on the St. Paul shore

September 1, 2009

Just a quick post to announce a new painting;  I’ve been working on upgrading my website.  I am finding out all I don’t know about web design and site development.  I suppose that I am learning a lot, but I’m taking a somewhat frustrating road to get there.
The above painting was done on a beautiful [...]

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St. Croix River | outdoor painting just like the picture in the catalog.

St. Croix River, by Jeffrey Smith August 27, 2009

St. Croix River, 8×10″, oil on panel by Jeffrey Smith

 
When I was a kid, maybe around 15 years old  (not a little kid mind you,  but certainly younger than I am now),  I received a catalog of plein air painting gear.  One of the pictures in that catalog was of an outdoor painter set up with his [...]

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River Rocks | outdoor painting at the water’s edge.

River Rocks, plein air oil painting by Jeffrey Smith August 25, 2009

I know what you’re thinking, “Did he do a painting of a pile of rocks sticking out of the water?” And yes–yes, I did do a painting of a pile of rocks.  More specifically, a pile of rocks–maybe sandstone–in the St. Croix river.   If you  grab your atlas, or punch it in to Google Earth, [...]

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Pine Trees and the Golden Hour | plein air sketch to studio landscape painting

Pine Trees, the Golden Hour, 16x20 August 9, 2009

Pine Trees, the Golden Hour, 16×20″, pastel on panel by Jeffrey Smith

I have noticed a lot of blog posts about the golden hour or magic hour in plein air painting.   I think the best, and the one with a great little tool that will tell you when the golden hour is in your part [...]

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Pine Tree Clearing; pastel landscape painting work in progress.

Thumbnail image for Pine Tree Clearing; pastel landscape painting work in progress. April 26, 2009

To start the above pastel painting, I pulled out a less than successful oil plein air study I did in 2007.  The nice thing about using an older, not-so- stellar paint study, is that I’ve found myself less inclined to stay very true to the plein air study, and more willing to make changes for the good of [...]

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Backyard Tree, studio landscape painting

March 25, 2009

The image above is the result of  a three day studio landscape painting class that I took at The Atelier in Minneapolis.  It was taught by landscape artist and plein air enthusiast, Brian Stewart.  This painting began life as a plein air study that I did of the wonderful tree across the alley from our [...]

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Backyard Tree, plein air sketch

March 17, 2009

The weather was great this morning in St. Paul, so I spent part of this St. Patrick’s day outside painting. 
This is a plein air sketch that I did for part of an upcoming painting.  The rest of the project will be posted as it comes together.

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Pine Trio

February 1, 2009

The painting above began life quite a bit different from how it looks today.  I painted it in the summer of 2006.  It is painted on a Gatorboard panel  that was prepped with an under-painting of magenta liquid acrylic and a layer of pumice gel, both from Golden.
I took this painting all the way to [...]

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Silver Cliff

October 10, 2008

 I tried something a little different with this painting.  I started the painting with my pallet knife.  I’ve seen other artists do it before, and wanted to give it a try….  It was really fun! The paint takes on a much more sculptural quality as you are working with it.  In the end, however, it felt great to [...]

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