En Plein Air

Book Review: The Road to Beaver Park

Janice KirkSeptember 22nd, 2018|Categories: Painting America the Beautiful|Tags: art appreciation, En Plein Air, field course, natural history, Pilgrimage, Sabbatical, Southwest, spiritual renewal, Travelogue, watercolor painting|

Thanks to Sue Ready who reviewed The Road to Beaver Park, Painting, Perception, and Pilgrimage. [...]

Painting America the Beautiful: Aspen Forest in the Fog. Part 2. Leaf Language

Janice KirkSeptember 8th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Painting America the Beautiful|Tags: aspen, En Plein Air, fog, leaf language, Morilla watercolor paper, San Juan Mountains, sienna, spectrum|

Aspen Forest in the Fog, CO Sabbatical painting: . . . I [...]

Painting America the Beautiful: Great Basin Valley South of Ely, NV. Part 3. Sky Island Topography and Art

Janice KirkAugust 25th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Painting America the Beautiful|Tags: "hidden wholeness", aspen, cottontail rabbit, En Plein Air, Great Basin, Great Basin National Park, light, mass, paintbrush, pinon pine, sagebrush, Sierras, silence, sky islands, solitude, space, unity, watercolor painting, wonder|

Great Basin Valley South of Ely, Nevada Part 3. Sky Island Topography and Art In [...]

Painting America the Beautiful: Desert Valley South of Ely, Nevada, Part 1.

Janice KirkAugust 11th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Painting America the Beautiful|Tags: Basin and Range Province, dust devil, En Plein Air, flying ants, Great Basin, Highway 50, Lehman Caves, poachers, Sabbatical, watercolor painting|

Desert Valley South of Ely, Nevada Sabbatical painting, 1976: . . . from boulders by [...]

Out Sketching. Painting En Plein Air. Part 2. Tips and Useful Techniques

Janice KirkOctober 21st, 2017|Categories: Blog, Out Sketching|Tags: atmospheric painting, casein, En Plein Air, Hugh Cabot, pastels, Rapidograph pens, Sumi brushes, Western outdoor colors, Western Outdoor palette|

Great Basin Valley South of Ely, Nevada Art Show dates extended: Sixteen paintings from The [...]

Out Sketching: Painting En Plein Air: Tools, Tips, Ticks, and Murphy

Janice KirkOctober 14th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Out Sketching|Tags: Art Appreciation Course, En Plein Air, Naturalist's Notebook, Olympic National Park, Pilgrimage, Prang watercolors, Travelogue, watercolor|

Great Basin Valley South of Ely, NV Part 1. Supplies My memoir, The Road [...]