I recently heard from one of my clients that a North East artist has been spreading false rumours that I never paint on location. Here is a blog post to put that nonsense to rest. I often paint “en plein air” and have lots of sketchbooks filled with watercolours painted on the spot. Above is a painting of Longsands beach. I painted two sketchbook watercolour studies on location on Longsands Beach at Tynemouth, Monday 3rd September. These sketches played their part in this watercolour commission.
On my website you can watch a video of me painting Dunstanburgh Castle on location. There is also a video on youtube of me painting the Launceston Place Restaurant on location too. Of course I do paint in my studio and will use my own reference material which will sometimes include photographs, but for over twenty five years I have sold lots of watercolours which have been painted from start to finish “en plein air”.
I have several watercolours exhibited at any one point in my Studio and Gallery which are painted on the spot. In all three of our bedrooms I have a number of watercolours of Italy painted “en plein air”.