digital painting through the window conjures plein air fantasy

Rainy Halloween Harvest - digital painting /art prints - 2003

My most recent digital painting came to me by looking out the window. When I started thinking about it, I was reminded of the above piece.

This is the only digital painting I have ever done “painting on location”. At that time my computer was right next to the window where this scene was happening.

It was Halloween morning - the workers looked a little ghost-like in their yellow slickers and I sketched and painted as fast as I could.

I was and still am pleased with the results particularly as an art print. I toy with the idea of getting an Apple laptop that I could do plein air digital painting. It seems awfully silly, I think that’s why I like the idea …

but I will be needing that on site portable printer to compete with the plein air painters.

See Also

• Rainy Halloween Harvest
  availability of art prints
• P-A-P-A Art Page
  Explanation of plein air and its credo