"As much as anything, I think you said it best about keeping you sharp and being part training. Ultamitely it will give you confidence in your brush work. This then can be carried to the studio work or where ever. I have always enjoyed being outdoors…"
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I practice lots of different kinds of art--from frescoes, to architectural design, to studio work, to plein air. Given this site, I suppose I'd say, in response to why I do it, that plein air is part…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Donald Maier Oct 10, 2012.
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Update: Foreign Artists in Civita Castellana, Italy at Forte Sangallo
October 27, 2012 to November 11, 2012
The exhibit of plein air artists in Corot's favorite haunt of Civita Castellana has been moved back to 27 October - 11 November to coordinate with the town's arts week, and the show will now be in the imposing Sangallo Fortress.See More
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"Thanks, Ed. I try to keep the architect in me in check; I was lucky to study watercolor as an architecture student in Rome with Frank Montana, a phenomenal draftsman and watercolorist, bold and accurate. I'm still trying to catch up to him."
David Mayernik posted a discussionWhy Art?
I practice lots of different kinds of art--from frescoes, to architectural design, to studio work, to plein air. Given this site, I suppose I'd say, in response to why I do it, that plein air is part compulsion (every time I see something beautiful I want to paint it), part challenge (the game of capturing as much as you can in a two hour window of time), part training (it keeps me sharp, and loose, for studio work), and partly because, well, other people seem to like it (not necessarily enough…See More
David Mayernik posted an eventUpdate: Foreign Artists in Civita Castellana, Italy at Forte Sangallo
October 27, 2012 to November 11, 2012
The exhibit of plein air artists in Corot's favorite haunt of Civita Castellana has been moved back to 27 October - 11 November to coordinate with the town's arts week, and the show will now be in the imposing Sangallo Fortress.See More
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Foreign Artists in Civita Castellana at Italy
September 19, 2012 to September 26, 2012
“Through Foreign Eyes: Civita Castellana by Artists Past and Present” (Con gli occhi degli artisti stranieri)Exhibition to be held from 19 -26 September 2012See More
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"Thanks, Ann. I put a high value on evidencing the act of painting, especially working within the two hour window.
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"Old growth trees are great anywhere; when you see trees like this you really understand Ovid's Metamorphoses."
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- At 5:08pm on January 1, 2012,
Cecile Hines said… Welcome David! Hope you aern't plein air painting like that....was out today with a coat and froze my assets.
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