Week Two at the Hudson River Fellowship

Recently I had the opportunity to watch Tom Kegler, Ted Minoff and Erik Koeppel paint some of the beautiful scenes here at the White Mountains, N.H.  In an effort to document my studies as well as share with fellow artists I will be posting what I learned from my trip here:

• After creating an under painting Tom moves around the canvas starting with the background light coming through the distant trees then paints in the background trees in a light grey tones. He then works into the main subject and foreground using average tones. Take a look at some of these progress shots.

I will have to break this blog down into parts as I have to work with the wifi hours on the local cafe here in town and I still have lots of painting to do today before our show. I will be back to post more images and info on my notes here in a few days.

Hudson River Fellowship 2013 / July 15 - August 3

The past week and a half has been amazing. I had the great opportunity to meet artists from across the globe.  Some attending the Florence Academy, Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence, the Russian Academy and the Jeffrey Mims studio. Those in attendance were: Olena Babak, Brandon Beckstrom, Challen Berg, Alex Berrios, Sarah Bird, Terra Chapman, Hamborg Chapman, Leeanna Chipana, Daniel daSilva, Zoe Dufour, Sarah Gibson, Robin Kappy, Rodrigo Mateo, James Morren, Charlie Mostow, Rachel Personett, Mark Popple, Savannah Tate Cuff, and Matt Weigle. After checking everyone in we started our adventure on Monday by going Jackson Falls to sketch and paint with artists Erik Koeppel and Lauren Sansaricq. Later that day Erik took us to Emerald Pool. I painted with my easel and feet in the water to keep cool. The first week of the fellowship we stepped into an unusual heat wave in the area. That's my easel on the right edge.

Fellows at Emerald Pool in the White Mountains of N.H.

At the Wild Cat Tavern.

On Tuesday July 16th we all went to the Wild Cat Tavern for dinner to celebrate my birthday. What a treat! Sorry for the bad cell phone shot.