The Art Challenge, Day Two … En Plein Aire

Posted on February 23, 2015 by foresterartist

Nuthatch in a blue oak tree.

A window to the woods.

Past and Future

It’s day two! I was tagged to do the 3 pieces of art a day for 5 days, Art Challenge, by Mark Mitchell. The theme for today is “En Plein Aire.” The nuthatch is my first and only plein aire watercolor painting. Perhaps there will be more someday. The others were done over lunch while making my rounds in the woods. Just a tiny snapshots of my days. Pens are so much more portable than watercolors. I would love to see Mary at oilpastelsbymary to do the Art Challenge.

This challenge originated on Facebook, but I have moved it over to WordPress. Please check it out my new Facebook page at Tim Livingston.

33 thoughts on “The Art Challenge, Day Two … En Plein Aire”

Karina Limon on February 23, 2015 at 11:47 pm said:

Absolutely gorgeous studies!

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 5:53 am said:
  
  Thank you so much Karina! I enjoy doing the quick little sketches. It’s such good practice.
  
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Virginia Duran on February 24, 2015 at 1:24 am said:

Wonderful drawings! Happy that you got to share them on WordPress 🙂 keep up the good work!

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 5:56 am said:
  
  Thank you Virginia. I’ll always put the good stuff on wordpress.
  
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gpcox on February 24, 2015 at 3:05 am said:

I am not a Facebook kind of person, but I do so enjoy your sketches – I hope you will always share them with us here!

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 5:58 am said:
  
  I really prefer the blog. Mostly, I will be posting here and sharing on facebook.
  
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Midwestern Plant Girl on February 24, 2015 at 3:19 am said:

Wonderful sketches! Love the nuthatch, they are one of my fav birds. Such hard workers!

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 6:02 am said:
  
  Thanks Ilex. Those little nuthatches never stop moving. I finally had to go get my Peterson’s bird guide, so I could get the markings right. I think this is cheating on my plein aire painting, but what’s a fella to do?
  
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lindamartinandersen on February 24, 2015 at 4:19 am said:

Tim,
I didn’t even know there was a blue oak. Lovely. You captured the view and message with “The Window to the Woods” and “Past and Future” too. I think the trees caught my attention more than the bird today! There’s something for everyone! Enjoying your art challenge pieces.

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 6:04 am said:
  
  Thank you Linda. Funny, I didn’t even think about all those pictures were of trees. I guess my theme could have been trees instead of plein aire. Hmmm… and I call myself a forester. 😉
  
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  - lindamartinandersen on February 24, 2015 at 6:12 am said:
    
    Best forester I know. 😉
    
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    - foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 6:17 am said:
      
      Aww..what a nice thing to say! Wait, do you know any other foresters? 😉
      
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      - lindamartinandersen on February 24, 2015 at 6:47 am said:
        
        Tim,
        Yes I do! I have met a few from the NC Forest Service. I invited them for Career Day at the elementary school where I worked. I don’t know them as well as I know you though. Still, you’d be hard to beat!
        
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      - foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 8:16 am said:
        
        😀
        
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lindamartinandersen on February 24, 2015 at 4:20 am said:

Tim,
Do you or Mary have any art featuring turkeys? I have a friend wanting to do some sketches for a project?

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 6:08 am said:
  
  Here is a turkey I posted a while back. It’s a gobbler in full strut, https://theforesterartist.com/2013/11/28/make-yourself-at-home-i-made-turkey/
  
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  - lindamartinandersen on February 24, 2015 at 6:13 am said:
    
    Thanks, Tim. I do remember this one. I’ll pass it along!
    
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Sharon Mann on February 24, 2015 at 7:02 am said:

Lovely artwork. Looks like you are having fun with this challenge.

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 8:17 am said:
  
  It has been fun, although it feels a bit like homework. 😉
  
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Mary on February 24, 2015 at 7:42 am said:

Oh my Tim, this is my second invite to do 3-pieces a day – I will give your challenge some serious thought. Ha you know how to really challenge someone, mine wouldn’t turn out quite as nice as your beautiful work.

Speaking of results and work, love your art studies – they always show us the magic of nature.

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 8:20 am said:
  
  Thank you Mary. I disagree, I think it would much better than mine. Your art is absolutely wonderful!
  
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  - Mary on February 24, 2015 at 8:22 am said:
    
    So kind Tim. The challenge is a good one and I should participate, because drawing doesn’t come easily for me and to do three in a day would force me to abandon my close methodical ways to be more loose with the scene or subject. So guess what, I’m seriously thinking of taking you up on the offer.
    
    And what about Mary Livingston? Ha, I’ll bet she takes you up on the challenge, right Mary?!
    
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    - foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 8:45 am said:
      
      She doesn’t have a choice. 😁 you can post some of your older work too. I’m going to. I just can’t do all new pieces. I try to have a least one that I haven’t posted before.
      
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      - Mary on February 24, 2015 at 1:29 pm said:
        
        Okay Tim, I accept the challenge (don’t laugh now!) and decided to start today. Thanks for putting it out there!
        
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      - foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 1:32 pm said:
        
        Yay Mary! I’m looking forward to to your post. 😃
        
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irenedesign2011 on February 24, 2015 at 1:12 pm said:

You are really creative, very well done 😀

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 1:23 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much Irene!
  
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ruthsartwork on February 24, 2015 at 6:25 pm said:

These are wonderful plein aire drawings. I am impressed that you could do a watercolor and two inks while working.

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 9:50 pm said:
  
  I’m good Ruth, but not that good. I’m posting old and new pieces. There’s no way I could get three pieces a week done. None of the pictures in this set have been posted before, but I’m posting a bunch of previously posted pictures on other days.
  
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nwolitzer on February 24, 2015 at 7:03 pm said:

Thank you for starting to follow my blog. Your drawings are lovely. You mentioned that you have never tried scratchboard. I bet you would really like it. It is perfect for making very fine and detailed markings. I am definitely hooked on the medium and just recently began exploring adding color to my scratchboards. I participated in this Five-Day Art Challenge on Facebook. It was a lot of fun and got a lot more art on Facebook.

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- foresterartist on February 24, 2015 at 9:52 pm said:
  
  Thanks Nancy, I may have to give it a go. I’ll look you up on facebook.
  
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cmartzloff on February 25, 2015 at 9:27 am said:

Beautiful. Love the detail and color.

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- foresterartist on February 26, 2015 at 2:11 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much Catherine!
  
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