I've been doing plein air paintings for three years now and just tried my first church piece. The local Catholic church, Holy Family, is just a block from my home. It's a spectacular old Spanish Baroque building, completed in 1928. Our Saturday paint-out group met there on a warm day, all of us looking for some shade. I chose a view from under a tree across the street and tried a gouache piece. With such an ornate building, I thought I would need the flexibility of the opaque paint!
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| 5" x 7" Gouache |
What a beautyful church with gorgeous ornaments! And you made a painting even more beautyful :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Catharina.
DeleteLovely purples.
ReplyDeleteHi Jean, Thank you!
DeleteSpectacular, Sherry - love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Joani!
DeleteWonderful! This is one of my favorites of yours, Sherry! I think I painted this same church from a photo, a few years ago when I was still painting with Vinita. I'd recognize that church anywhere.
ReplyDeleteThanks Terry! What a coincidence if this was the same church.
DeleteYou must be well pleased with this Sherry, of course all your en plein air work is so polished but this has something a bit extra
ReplyDeleteThanks Lorraine, this one went better than expected. :-)
DeleteAgree with Lorraine... this is extra special!!
ReplyDeleteHi Judith! Thank you!
DeleteNow how did you pull that off - the madonna figure. I usually produce a blob and throw in some highlights. You are just to good at this
ReplyDeletebtw: that Autry deal... you had to have it mail delivered by Sunday. Thought it was an on-line entry. Dumb me.
Thanks Liz! Oh Well, on the Autry show!
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