Vermont landscape painting

Someone ask me if I liked to do landscapes. I do and find that plein air painting really helps me judge values in nature. When I paint only from photos I tend to paint as dark as the darks in the photos and we all know that is not accurate. I painted this 12x16 oil on location, down in the creek bottom on a overcast day in last July, in Putney, Vermont. We spent a week there and painted everyday, even when it rained and we got soaked putting our supplies up. What fun. It is truly a lovely place. On the following Saturday we got to watch an oil demonstration done by Richard Schmid, one of my favorite artists. I will share some more on my plein air paintings at a later time.