Painting Out There - 19 & 21.aug.9

King Kamehameha Hotel Beach Pavillion - 5x7

Ali'i Gardens Market Place - 5x7

Nearly completed an oil last week as well - will post that when it's done along with a movie of it if i can figure out how to do it. These are two more watercolor/watercolor pencil sketches and a great technique for painting out there - you carry virtually no furniture and the load is very light - perfect for aug/september on the big island.

Painting Out There - Kona Inn Palms

watercolor pencils & watercolor - 5x7

i like using this media for a lot of reasons - it's quick - bright - and the pencil lines give me an idea of how i'd be stroking the paint if i were oil painting. oh yeah - and it's a lot of fun!

31.july.9 - Painting Out There w/ WHPAP

Waialea Dragon-wood - 5x7 - Watercolor & watercolor pencils

Too little white and too much pencil, but I still like this - lots of nice color and the water pretty much just dances.

29.july.9 - Paintings

My Old Office at the Kona Inn - 7x5 - Watercolors and watercolor pencils

Decided to PAINT OUT THERE yesterday at two of my favorite close in spots - The Kona Inn and Magic Sands. I used to have an Office (put that in italics) at the Tower at the Kona Inn (upper painting) - I had the second, third, and fourth floors - each of which was about a 12' x 12' square - but the top floor, where I had my drafting set-up, had a walkway all the way around with spectacular views - even a view of the pier where they used to bring in each day's game catch to weigh.

" Dorion's" at Magic Sands Beach - 7x5 - Watercolors and watercolor pencils

Not much sand here at Magic Sand beach after the high surf from last week. I remember this restaurant used to be called "Dorion's" owned by the best one-armed bartendar on the Island - but then that was back in the "one-stop-light" days in Kona.


These are both Water Color Pencils and Water Colors - I'm trying to find a way to use water colors the way I like to use oils and I think I've succeeded.

23.june.9 - Painting Out There w/ WHPAP

Easy Day at Kona Village - 11x14 - Oils on stretched canvas

Unhappy with my typically blue shadows, I thought I'd try an earthy-red look - don't think I like it - will be experimenting with my new purple later - like the palms and - look - people and buildings!

7.june.9 - Painting Out There w/ WHPAP

Bright Day @ Anaeho'omalu - 11x14 - Oils on canvas board

The sun was so bright that I could hardly look at this scene from my vantage point in the shade, but yellow just wasn't hot enough to bring it off - I think this cad red did. You also might notice that I'd bought a tube of purple which i used liberally in the clouds and espectially the driftwood. I really like the blobs of color on the wood to show highlights through the shadow covering and the way people and boats on the far beach are shown only as an impression of activity.

12.june.9 - Painting Out There w/ WHPAP

A change in direction with my paintings not just beccause of a Darrel Hill workshop, but also because it's time had come. I've kind of adopted a "no fear" attitude about color:

2 Steps Beach Shack - 11x14 Oils - stretched canvas

I began painting on a yellow ground and sketching in the "road map" of the drawing in cadmium red light about two years ago. With wanton not-painting of some areas of the surface and some wiping, this allows the yellow ground and the under-sketching to show through to create some exciting complimentary color optical disturbances to happen with the predominantly green and blue subject. I've also begun painting buildings (what's next? people?) and I like the way they give presence to the subject and offer some hard-edged contrapuntal to the soft landscape forms.

15.june.9 - Painting Out There w/ WHPAP

Ali'i Gardens Marketplace - "pink" - 10x8 - Oils on board

I love this marketplace - the vendors and the surroundings are colorful and friendly. I think this was probably the beginning of my "no fear color, eh?" stage. The shadows and everything weren't really green, but that color makes a fine contrast with the pink of the table cloths and the warmth of the umbrellas.

"Kokua Kailua" - Hulihe'e Palace Concert & Village Stroll - June 14

Lori Hight, Christal Nylin, and Richard Rochkovsky, will be participating in the monthly Art Stroll on Ali’i Drive, downtown Kailua town, between the King Kamehameha Hotel and Hale Halewai from 1:00p to 6:00p on Sunday, June 14th. There will be vendors of all sorts (including artists), food, as well as music, and a concert at Hulihee Palace featuring the Merry Monarchs and a Hula Halau at 4:00p.

Come down and visit, and West Hawaii Plein Air Painter regulars – consider participating in this event next month.

See you there – it’ll be a lot of fun.

Early Morning - Kua Bay

As architect/artist/musician the distinctions between the disciplines are constantly blurring for me. "Early morning at Kua Bay" - painted "en plein air" (on the spot - "out there") is a marked example.

The sun coming up over the saddle at a low angle reflects through the lense of the wave form reflecting off the sandy bottom producing a chartreuse line of color that travels towards the beach with the wave until it disappears in the foam of the break.

The mood of the piece is quiet and restful, but the green reflections and the complimentary red in the clouds introduce a tense, anticipatory high tone that reminds me of some of the Wahine slack key tunings. All created things are connected - sometimes it's just difficult to see.

I expect that no one will ever "get" the connection, but it gives the piece something different that the viewer may find pleasant and intrigueing, and that's really all that matters, isn't it?

Artist Trading Cards (ATC) or Artist Cards Editions & Originals (ACEO) 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

ATC - Artist Trading Cards - M. Vänçi Stirnemann originated the idea in 1996, holding trading sessions in Zurich, Switzerland.
Clubs and trading sessions have largely replaced the original concept of trading the cards during individual encounters, and many ATC workshops end with a trading session.

ACEO: Art Card, Editions & Originals - An offshoot of Artist Trading Cards are the "Art Cards, Editions, and Originals" (ACEO). ACEOs originated when some artists began to create cards to sell, in addition to trading among themselves.

the above quoted from Wikipedia - ATC

The name was changed to ACEO when artists started to sell rather then trade - the reason for the change is every bit as mysterious as the use of Plein Air - a term that no one typically uses or knows the meaning of unless you are, in fact, doing it. So I tried a couple - the format is the same size as baseball trading cards. I like to work large (as you know) but I've noticed that working on a 6"x 8" format is challenging and puts a lot of emphasis on brush stroking - as you can imagine, working even smaller further emphasizes stroking, lack of detail, and simplicity - get the pure essence of the thing down because there just ain't no room for anything else. The one pictured here is Watercolor Pencil and Watercolor, but I've also tried Oils and just Watercolor.

More photos of my ATC's are located here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/theislandartist

I've been listing these for sale on eBay as well.

Go to http://www.ebay.com and do a search for ACEO - my ID on ebay is paintingoutthere (no spaces) and that should bring up whatever I have listed and a whole lot more.

Try some of these - they're easy and quick and use up almost no materials.

have fun

richard