Mollie October 13th, 2008 Business , Drawing , Show

In the last two weeks I’ve been working exclusively on pieces for the St. Charles Plein Air Art Event.  Including a couple Quick Paint Events, where you basically have three hours to complete an entire piece on location.  My overall experience was great!  Working outdoors was a nice change of pace, I couldn’t have planned more beautiful weather, and my love of architecture was more than appeased by the abundance of historic storefronts and homes in the area.

However, I wont lie and tell you that everything went smoothly.  I was completely out of my element, I’m not used to painting landscapes, and a few pieces ended up in the garbage.  I had a difficult time loosening up, and I had to push through to the end of some seriously rough paintings.  But in the end I find that I would do it all again.  I learned a ton, and had a great time doing it.

This afternoon was the reception for the show.  Which was a big success!  One of my pieces won Third Place and I sold a piece!  The amazing thing about the piece that sold is that I nearly gave up on it, in fact I ended up cutting up the original painting and putting it back together into a three-dimensional piece.  Unfortunately, I didn’t get a good photo of it before it sold, but I did manage to snap a photo with my cell phone.

As usual, I will try and scan and upload images of the pieces.  Which reminds me that I have some pieces at Framations Gallery that I never got photos of either.