Plein Air Competition Trains Us in Environmentally Clean Methods

A beautiful scene of Glen Echo Park on the day of the plein air competition

Potomac Patch's Photo of Yellow Barn's "Paint the Park Green" competition

This past weekend the Yellow Barn, situated on the lovely Glen Echo Park grounds, held a two-day plein air competition, featuring environmentally sensitive techniques for painting in oils, acrylics and watercolors.  The setting was magical and the camaraderie was warm, as we fanned out around the park to develop our paintings for the Sunday evening competition.

plein air painting of arcade sign and courtyard

Oil painting of Glen Echo's Art Deco 'arcade' sign and courtyard

This is what I accomplished on Saturday.  I was up on the second floor balcony looking down over the ‘arcade’ sign into the courtyard.  A two-day Cajun and Zydeco music festival was also in full swing over the weekend, so I was at least able to boogie while making a dull painting!

About Maureen

I can't get over the beauty of our world -- visible in every one and every thing. So, among other things, I make images to try to get a handle on it.
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2 Responses to Plein Air Competition Trains Us in Environmentally Clean Methods

  1. dreux says:

    SEEMED IT WAS FULL OF FUN !

    • ms maureen says:

      It was lots of fun — I managed not to feel too nervous, despite having done so few outdoors paintings before this. But my FEET are SCREAMING!!!!

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