Seeing the Light

The beauty of nature only get enhanced by the late day light.  I've been working in the studio most of the day and around 5PM I head out to do one or two fast 6 x 8 or 8 x 10 paintings.  One of my interests involving plein aire painting is how the ambient light affects what gets put on the panel.  For example, if you paint with the light on your panel the result will be darker than expected and if the light is warm, then the result might be cooler than the actual scene.  Playing those inputs in order to record the lovely warm light of late afternoon on Cape Cod in early autumn is tricky business!

Dirt Road 8 x 10