Sometimes that plein air comes a-callin’. Listen… always. A wonderful crew met at Sheep Meadow in Central Park on a beautiful Memorial Day to celebrate life. Here is what I painted.
A beautiful day in Central Park… set-up before the masses at 10:45AM. Ready and lubed (with suntan lotion, water, beer).
Busting out a quick pencil sketch, followed by a basic lined drawing with a paint pen. As for the straight lines? Somehow, I can do them pretty well freehand.
Bottle-Rocket-Pop under-painting… red, yellow, orange. 
Chiaroscuro my friends. 
There is David Sandum and Tina Duryea… it was a pack of painters. 
Twas a dark and stormy night. Kidding, it’s obviously beautiful out there.
Now, the buildings taking shape… several slight tonal shifts with dark cement colors mixed with a liberal amount of complementary mash plus titanium white.
Where there are trees, there are leaves.
Coraline, Deborah and Erin… having a blast in the sun. Beautiful ladies always make you look good.
Coraline is all, “Selfie please.”
Love painting in those trees… several tones. Mysteries abound.
Splashing colors throughout the windows and lawn… the implication of people.
Finished. Signed. Ready.
It truly was a dog-day afternoon. Thank you to everyone who spent a wonderful day in Central Park with me… Erin, Coraline, Deborah, Jim, Scott, Brad, David, Tina, David, Paula, Tom, Carina, Anyone I missed…
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