Painting Los Gatos
The Los Gatos Art Association Plein Air group was out today painting in a neighborhood of Los Gatos. I had been wanting to paint more architecture, so joined them. It was a cloudy morning, but patches of blue were beginning to show. I ended up painting a partial view of the porch of a collector of one of my paintings, Sandy. Today was a day to experiment. I painted just a 4×6 oil using a Lagnickel flat brush, similar to the kind Richard Schmidt uses for many of his work. By the time I finished, the sun started peeking out.
Below are some pictures of the day.
Some of the painters waiting for the sun to appear.
Kevin, a fellow member of the Society of Motorcycle Plein Air Artists.
You can see the painting in the lower left sitting on my easel. I actually painted most of it holding the board in my left hand.
A snapshot of the final painting.