I'm very happy with how much I learned in Plein Air painting this semester. I decided I would put up all of my paintings together. Thankfully my teacher requested a digital copy of these so it gave me motivation to compile these all together sooner. I tried to order them from the beginning to the end of the class. I still would like to be much much better at this but it's a start. Some things I want to work on: color relationships, clear foreground against soft background, creating a focal point, experimenting with high and low contrast, and more architecture. I'm going to keep working hard and getting better!
This is the first version of my portfolio for my review today. Putting this together made me feel really good about how much improvement I've made. Much of that improvement was within the past year. I'm going to keep improving by leaps and bounds and kicking ass this next year. A big thanks to all my friends for pushing me to do more!
I took plein air painting this semester. It was a challenging class. This is one of my better paintings. It was not as easy as I thought it would be but my knowledge of painting color and sketching environments did help. It was maddening at times, but I'm glad I feel I learned a lot.