by yimiris | May 20, 2019 | Landscape, Oil painting
I have written about the benefits of small plein air painting and how and why it can help improve color observation skills. Suppose you are totally convinced and would like to give it a try or you simply love to paint outdoors, what should you bring? Sure, you can...
by yimiris | Sep 29, 2018 | Landscape, Oil painting
This is a follow-up for the previous blog post on the importance of small plein air landscape in terms of color training. Below is the process and approach I take for small plein air landscape painting. Small plein air painting demonstration A photo of Taiwan’s...
by yimiris | Sep 22, 2018 | Landscape, Oil painting
Painters of the 19th century were all in the habit of making small paintings. The Spanish painter Sorolla’s small paintings had rich colors and free flowing strokes while Levitan’s had very concise yet elegant color blocks. Even the Russian painter Fedotov’s...
by yimiris | Jul 30, 2018 | Other
Chadong Ferry Dock is one of my favorite plein air paintings. It’s near and dear to my heart perhaps because it’s not only a painting about my hometown, Western Hunan Province where my ancestors are from, but it’s also a painting about Border Town, a...