Kaloko Ponds Painting Session Photos

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The Skoil's Still the Thing

Yeah I know I know - you'd think that painting on the Big Island of Hawaii would be an easy thing, but it has it's own special challenges - like finding a place to stand where there will be shade for a few hours.

SKOILS are SKetches in OILS, painted in one go (ala prima) and completed in about 45 minutes on loose canvas - 6x9 size (because that's half of a full sheet of loose canvas). Here are some of them:

Chinaman's Hat - Old Airport - 9x6 - Plein Air Skoil

Thru the Butcher Shop Window - Holualoa

6x9 - Plein Air Skoil

Kaloko Ponds

Painting from two weeks ago session at Kaloko Ponds, one of my favorite places to paint - a short drive from the studio to kealekehe parkway, take the jeep out of gear, and coast down to queen k.  The entrance's tough if you don't know where it is - turn makai where you see the backside of a stopsign where the yellow hatch marks scar the pavement before the costco stop light - very convenient and lots of shade out there.

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Kaloko Ponds Tree - 10x8 - plein air oils

Looks good, eh?  check out a detail of the rocks to the right hand side half way up:

Surprising, yeh?  amazing how much your mind/eye fills in, isn't  it?  s'ok, it makes my job easier.

Plein Air Painting Locations - Kona Coast

PLEIN AIR PAINTERS

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I have a workable web site with photographs of the West Hawaii Plein Air Painters favorite painting sites on the Kona Coast as well as connections to Google maps for each.

Please visit at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/113997414112254740144

If you find any missing links or problems let me know.  This is a work in progress and I’ll be adding more photographs and more sites from all parts of the island – so if you’re from anywhere else then here, I hope this will be some value in picking a painting site and getting there.  I’ll also be adding some of my paintings to the site specific albums – might be fun.

Aloha nui loa,

richard

the SKOILS as FOIL

The rhymes will get worse - i guarantee it.  Many more umbrella paintings to come.

SKOILS are SKetches in OILS, painted in one go (ala prima) and completed in about 45 minutes on loose canvas - 9x12 size (because that's half of a full sheet of loose canvas).

magic sands morning umbrella - plein air skoil - 9x6

magic sands morning umbrella - plein air skoil - 9x6

holding firm - hapuna - plein air skoil - 9x6

None of these are on display yet, so, I'll keep you informed - maybe a future show?

SPOILING FOR SKOILS:

SKOILS are SKetches in OILS, painted in one go (ala prima) and completed in about 45 minutes on loose canvas - 9x12 size (because that's half of a full sheet of loose canvas).  - lots of fun and lots of nice clouds lately:

hualalai morning clouds - plein air skoil - 9x6

late morning west - plein air skoil - 9x6

These paintings haven't been shown anywhere yet - I'll let you know when and where.

SKOILS - sketches in oils

I'm developing some quick oils sketching techniques -  I've done a few - usually about 45 minutes long - hope you like them.   SKOILS are SKetches in OILS, painted in one go (ala prima) and completed in about 45 minutes on loose canvas - 9x12 size (because that's half of a full sheet of loose canvas).

clouds studies, starting to rain at Honls:

morning calm - plein air skoil - 9x6

late morning clearing - plein air skoil - 9x6

Nice to have a day with some sky character - usually we're stuck painting that beautiful clear blue tropical stuff.  With the skoils my palette is three warm primary colors and three cool primaries with white and black (which i haven't yet seen the need for - the black, that is).  Not a perfect touristy type day, light dusting of rain, grey to dark sky, and a sea as calm as glass.  Wonderful day with 6 others and no one expected the pastel contingent to show up.

Kona Coffee Festival Entry Timelapse Movie

Turn up your speakers and enjoy - you'll see lots of wipe outs and start overs (not at all like that plein air stuff) especially the leaves in the front right and the clouds - enjoy

Entry for Kona Coffee Festival Art Competition

Kona Coffee Iced . . . now that's all day refreshment"

16x20

oils on linen

I haven't entered the coffee festival competition for a few years but this year thought I'd give it a try.  A new look for kona coffee and for the festival - we'll see.  The big party isn't until november i think.

Richard's Most Recent Works

I put this album together when I realized that I'm doing more painting then blogging and these are just some of my favorite paintings - enjoy.


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Hokukano Ranch Session - "Gussie's Place"

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