Yellow Long Grass.

Here I was in Gelderland, a different part of Holland, more to the east.
Skies are different there, compared to the west; where...

Clearly Summer!

This was painted when ahead there was a music festival, far away but you could hear sounds, for two days, and on the second day I...

Beautiful patterns.

You can have fun with contrasts. Lowering the clouds' darkness also affects the light areas, playing with a darker palette: as...

Compositions.

We call these 'sheep clouds' in Holland...perhaps a universal wording? Here these were a lot bigger but a similar pattern contrasted...

Good Things Come.

On the last evening of the class I painted the red one.

It was a cloudy grey bluish start (not much going on) and later all pinks...

The vertical way that light influences all.

With my sunset class on the beach. I demo-ed most starts and then we painted what we found. Of course,...

What a photo can't display.

Aw! This was a cherry on top.

Nature is of course so grand that it will exceed anything (anything we paint or can...

Autumn & Fantastic Skies.

Something you do not see in the videos or photos is the winds, and the cold.

Often I did wear two coats. Making fun...

Magic in Nature.

On social I wrote: "It truly is a gift when you HOPE to see something glorious after a grey and rainy evening. Getting it,...

The Real Gold Is In Between.

You can see I wasn't done with the 'silver linings' or better, golden lines, and nature wasn't done either, in...