tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-303619502011-07-31T02:04:11.115-04:00I did my first Plein Air Painting June 10, 2006 and really enjoy doing them. This summer I am planning on doing a new outdoor painting each Thursday, and will be posting them here, So please check back and please comment, it's the only way I know I have an audience. The paintings are for sale unless otherwise noted.Rob Mackintoshnoreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30361950.post-72639682598904483922007-12-05T23:02:00.002-05:002009-12-11T10:14:29.463-05:00

Carling Street 10" x 12" acrylic on CanvasCityscapes really interest me. Here is a view of a short street in my home town which was a joy to paint. I'm not even sure if I'd be happy to sell this painting, which I have hanging over my piano in my living room.--Rob

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Bruce Street 10" x 8" acrylic on CanvasFor the last two years now I participate in an art event in Wortley Village, which is a creative community district within London, Canada, the city where I live. This past June, I painted this view as a demonstration during my art show at the corner of Wortley Road and Bruce Street.Perhaps the hardest painting to make is one where you spend two minutes

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Exeter Bridge 8.5" x 5" acrylic on MasoniteI am planning to take this painting to a larger size (studio version). I am very happy with the composition in this one. This painting started off as I do most of my work, where I sketch the scene with a brush using either Burnt Sienna or Raw Umber, and I also establish the darks and lights in these first sketching lines. For this painting, I used Burnt

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Apple Pear Apple 8.5" x 5" acrylic on Masonite SOLDI don't paint a great deal of still life work, but this is one of three fruit that I quickly painted one noon hour. I was working on another completely different painting, and was not happy with it's progress, so I made this painting right over the top of it and actually was very pleased with the outcome.I don't usually paint over top of another

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At The Farm Market 12" x 9" acrylic on canvasI had a lot of fun painting making this painting. I enjoyed the large shadow and the dappled sunlight on the drive. This scene is of rural Ontario, Canada and is of a farm where in the fall offers horse & wagon rides and among other things has a farm market selling their harvest of fruit & vegetables.The painting is done from my photo reference, but

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(name suggestion?) 12" x 9" acrylic on canvas SOLDI made this painting Feb 1st, 2oo7, and have yet to name it. It was extremely cold, as I was out driving, I saw this stand of rushes at the side of the road where the snow was very bright and dazzling. I was totally drawn to it. I rarely go out without my camera, but I did this time and I actually drove home to get my camera and then came back

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Hi all, two weeks ago my mother had a slip and fall and consequentially broke her hip. She is recovering from surgery for it in the hospital, so not much time has been available to paint. She is mending fine, and should be released soon. I hope to be painting soon and back to my weekly postings.--Rob

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"Smoketrees" 12" x 9" from en plein air sketch, acrylic on canvas SOLD(colour is as close as scanning and monitor will allow, but never as good as the original painting)Sometimes as an artist, I will see something, and right at that moment have to paint it. Well, that's what happened here. Last Thursday morning, Aug. 27, which is my weekly en plein air painting day...but I usually paint late

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"Scallion Sun" acrylic on canvas 12" x 9" SOLD(colour is as close as scanning and monitor will allow, but never as good as the original painting)Another painting in the En Plein Air phase of the Open Air III: Art & Architecture that I painted Tuesday July 18, 2006. So far the weather has been either too hot to paint or threatening rain, I painted this bistro called Scallions because I

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"On The Street" Acrylic on canvas 12" x 9" SOLDThis is the first painting in the En Plein Air phase of the Open Air III: Art & Architecture that I painted Friday July 14, 2006. I was located about a foot from the street, in the shade at 9:00 am. There were about 4 other artists in about the same street section with me. It was hot with the loud noise of the traffic. So hot, that I packed it in at

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"Below The Falls" acrylic on masonite 20" x 16"Below The Falls, somewhat real, somewhat imaginary. I painted this from photo reference, mostly as an experiment, to see the differences compaired to en plein air. I used very large brushes for most of this painting, and painted it in en plein air technique. I am very happy with the results, and the energy in this painting...so I will be painting

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"From the Forks" acrylic on canvas 12" x 9"I have been painting a lot of trees and water, so for this week's painting, I wanted to do some buildings. As most know, I live in London, Canada, and we are very fortunate and have beautiful park facilities. This painting location is right in the heart of London, at the Forks of the Thames river, which divides in two directions where the park is located

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Evening Bridge acrylic on canvas 12" x 10" SOLDPainted Thursday June 29, 2006. The bridge is the Adelaide St. North, here in London, CA, and I went out at 6:30 pm and back in my studio at 8:30. The river flows at the back of a baseball and soccer sports fields, and there were games going on, and plenty of passers-by stopping to see what I was doing. Everyone liked my work, which is encouraging.

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"My Garden" 11" x 14" acrylic on canvasWell, Thursday looked like rain, and I didn't want to get caught in it so I painted this one on my deck. It was fairly bright, but overcast, and as you can see a bright spot or so in the clouds. For this painting, I did a thumbnail in pencil using just two values with no detail, just flat shapes. Working from that thumbnail, I painted the colours on the

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Thames At Windermere, acrylic on canvas 12" x 10" SOLD This is the painting I did last night, Thursday June 15, 2006. The location is just about 5 minutes from my home. I arrived at about 6:45 pm and painted until about 8:45 pm. Back at my studio, I changed a couple of colour values, to make the painting read better, and that's it.I started this painting with an full backgroung under coating of a

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"Art In The Village" 14" x 11" acrylic on canvas---SOLDI paint in acrylic, and I now have a pretty good way of keeping the paint from drying out, and I was really happy with this session of using it. If anyone would like more info on my method of using acrylic paint, comment me, I'd be glad to describe it.This painting was done last Saturday, June 10, at an organized event here in London, Ontario

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