One week after the new moon.

At the end of painting this it was pitch dark. I couldn't see the colors on the painting anymore, nor the mixes on the...

New Moon.

I knew the date of the new moon, and we went out in the early morning to watch it rise, but perhaps a new moon is SO tiny: you can't even...

Beautiful patterns.

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

But you'll have to be on time.

In the dunes, a sunrise!

I think I'll return to sunrises in the landscape more now that Autumn is starting a bit.

My...

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,...