Valley Stream village green

This weekend I drove to the Valley Stream village green to do some painting. I painted for about an hour and a half, before it started to get cold and the sun started going down. I got through most of the painting so I decided to call it a day. I'm happy with the painting and as usual I will try to paint outside more often before the winter comes.

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Plein-air painting in Merrick

The weather is still nice here in NY, it isn't as cold as it usually is in mid October. I want to try to paint outside as much as possible, so this past weekend I met up with two artist friends of mine to do some plein-air painting at the Norman J. Levy park and preserve, in Merrick, Long Island.




So when we got there one of the staff members was nice enough to give us a tour of the grounds and he then dropped us off at the very top. This where we decided to set up, I thought it would be a nice challenge. After about two hours of painting, and chatting with random people I was feeling good about my painting. Just about at the same time it started to get very cold, so I slowly started to pack up. I like the outcome, but there are certain things which I think can be improved upon, but it is an alla prima painting so it'll stay how it is.




After we finished painting we then got a ride all the way down to the front parking lot where the car was. So I want to thank Ranger Rob for the lift and tour, and of course I should also thank my two friends and colleagues John Hendrick and Jenny Chin. I find it nicer to paint in a group, we somehow find a balance between chatting and concentrating. Hopefully I'll find time to do some more painting outdoors before it starts getting very cold here. I am also going to attempt to paint in the snow when the time comes, I'm sure it'll be challenging.
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Another completed sketchbook

So I finished another sketchbook and I wanted to do something special, so I have about 30-35 pages of the book here turned into an ebook. So if you're curious please look through it, the book itself is 90 pages long, but I picked these pages because it represents the book well. Thank you.

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Little piazza in Siena.

This is Piazza Alessandro Manzoni in beautiful Siena. I spent a lot of time here in this piazza. There are incredible views of Siena from this place and it was always nice and quiet. Right across from this little square is the church of Santa Maria dei Servi, one of the most important churches in the city. As usual this is a plein air painting.


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Tuscan landscape

A view of Tuscany from the fortress walls of Monteriggioni. I was almost done painting when it started raining. You can see the dots in the sky. I actually don't mind them. I'm happy with the results, rain drops and all.


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St. Peter ob Judenburg, Austria

This is a painting of one of my favorite stops on my travels abroad in Europe. This is St. Peter ob Judenburg. A small town nestled in a valley in Austria. I was lucky enough to be invited to have an incredible Easter with an amazing family. It was difficult being away from my family, but I felt at home there. So thank you to the Meisel and Resch families for such a memorable Easter in Styria.


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