A Great Escape

Watercolor 11"x8"
I am in a indoor waterpark resort, can you guess what it is? Hint: you can find out by the title of this painting.The painting shows one of the corners of this resort. I only brought my watercolor material with me, since it is easy to set up.

Still Life

Oil on Canvas Board 8"x8"
I am not happy about this painting. :(

After Blizzard

Oil on Linen Board 14"x11"

I was going to paint a still life, but this snow scene outside my window caught my eyes. Two hours later, this painting was born.

Two Apples

Oil on Canvas board 8"x8"

Late Afternoon

Oil on Canvas Board 8"x8"

Since I laid my painting stuff out and I like the reflection of the house in the pond, I painted the same scene in the afternoon.

Sunrise

Oil on Canvas Board 8"x8"

Every time when I saw the sunrise through my kitchen window, I had been tempted to paint the beautiful scene. I finally did it today. It was such a tough task because the light and the color were changing constantly, yet it is this ever changing light that made the whole painting process exciting. The house and most of the pond were painted before the sun rose from behind the house. After the sun rose everything else were dark except for the sunlight and its reflection in the pond. I kept my work before the sun rose as is. This is a very quick "plein air" sketch I finished in 30 minutes. I want to make changes to many parts of this painting, but I will keep these ideas in my mind to make improvements in my future paintings.

Drawing

It is too cold to paint outside. I will do some still life during winter. This is a start. Doing drawings also brings me the sweet memories of my childhood. I learned to draw when I was a teenager.

Bailey Arboretum--The Trail In Late Autumn

Oil on Canvas Board 16"x12"

Planting Fields Arboretum--Late Autumn

Oil on Linen Panel 14"x11"

It is amazing that after the remnants of tropical storm Ida, there are still trees with colorful leaves. This little house is called the laundry house.

Old Westbury Garden--The Bridge to the Temple of Love

Oil on Paper 11"x14"
This painting was done on Oct. 30th. I just found out the bridge's name--East Lake Bridge

Caumsett state park

Oil on Canvas 11"x14"
This painting was finished on Oct. 25th. I did some final touch before post it. The water in the mid-ground is a lake. It is not connected with the sea in the back. The lake is shaped like a heart.
http://www.caumsettfoundation.org/index_files/Page820.htm

An Autum Afternoon

Oil on Canvas 14"x11"
These trees are in my backyard. This is a "plein air" painting I finished today behind my glass door.

Old Westbury Garden-- West Pond

Oil on board 11x14

This painting was done on Oct. 23. It was overcast. I was attracted by the reflection of the yellow tree across the pond. Since there was no sun, the local color was complicated. I was so concentrated on painting the colors that I paid less attention to the shapes. I wanted to make some changes but I posted it anyway.

Oyster Bay--Fall Color

Oil on Canvas Board 8x8

This painting was done on Oct. 22. I will fix the shadows of the trees.

Oyster Bay--Fall Foliage

Oil on Canvas Board 8x8

I have made five new paintings since the last post. I want to do some changes on those paintings before posting them, though. This painting was done on October 21st. Since I am painting outside everyday, I still didn't get the chance to make the changes I want. Maybe I will do some changes when I transfer those plein air paintings to my studio paintings.

Cold Spring Harbor State Park--Facing the Bay

Oil on Canvas 16x12

Cold Spring Harbor State Park--Facing Main Street

Oil 12x9

Old Westbury Garden-Temple of Love

Oil on Canvas Board 12x16

Old Westbury Garden-West Pond

Watercolor 9x12

Old Westbury Garden-The Cottage

Oil on linen panel 9x12

The color temperature of the painting is warmer the than the temperature of its digital picture. I guess the camera is more sensitive to capture blue.

A Beautiful Day at Oyster Bay

Oil on linen panel 11x14

An Over Grown Summer

Oil on linen panel 9x12 In

I was attracted by the reflection and penetration of the light and decided to try and tackle the chaos. This painting also took me two days.

A Sunny Afternoon

Oil on Linen panel 12x9 In

The light change so quickly. I have to finish this painting in two days by painting everyday at the same time.

Artist Trading Card

Watercolor 2.5x3.5 In
This is my first ever artist trading card.

A Raining Afternoon

Water Color 9x12 in

This is down the block from where I live. I prefer using watercolor to paint rainy days. It is a plein air painting that I finished in 2 hours.

The Swan Couple

What do you think if I use this composition?

A Peaceful Morning

Oil on Paper 8x6 In

This scenic place is at the corner of Cold Spring Harbor State Park. The lovely swan couple was there the whole morning.

First Day of Autumn

Oil on Paper 6x8 In

The first day of autumn is still warm, but overcast. Everything looks gray. I went to Oyster Bay again and looked around, but I couldn't decide what to paint. Finally, I chose this gazebo because there was a family of swans swimming by.

I don't like this painting. It's too gray.

The Fix

My super awesome advisor thinks the hills behind the gazebo looked like a tsunami. I fixed it by adding a touch of green and I sharpened the edges a little. I also down-toned the shadows in the foreground. There is a small white boat in front of the big ship. Can you see it? I made it more clear, but I don't like it and want to undo it. What do you think?

That's the reason I don't like to fix paintings-the more I do the worse it gets. Next time I'll just listen to my super awesome advisor but I won't do what she says. Now I like the unfixed version more. :(

Summer's End -- Oyster Bay, The Light Ship

Oil on Paper 11x14 in

The last day of summer is warm and pleasant. The grass is changing color. I finished this painting in 2 hours and twenty minutes. It was a very pleasant experience.

My great, super awesome advisor wants me to fix this painting. Where will I fix it? Please check my next post to find out!

Tree with Flowers

Oil on canvas
14x11 in

Does this composition work? I wasn't consciously making it half and half.

Cross The Street

Oil on Canvas 6x8 in

Why this painting looks dirty to me? I only want to show the shadow of those branches.

Down the Block

oil on canvas 8x6 in

Maybe I should show more of the house.

Field Study, Bailey Arboretum

Oil on Canvas 8x6 in

Is this house too much in the middle?

Field Study, Bailey Arboretum--Overcast

Oil on canvas 8x6in

I like this painting the most. :D

Field Study, Oyster Bay

Oil on Canvas
6x8 in

Help! This tree is eating the boat! I only found out after I post this picture.

Field Study, Bailey Arboretum

oil on canvas 8x10 in

Afternoon Light

Bermuda

The Clock Tower at Naval Dockyard. There were 2 towers there, but the position I sat in could only see one. It's not because I was lazy :) The spot I sat was under a shade.



I was greedy and tried to finish 2 paintings in an hour and a half. The paintings were done on pastel color papers, so I already had the middle tone. I finished this painting first, then turned 180 degree around and finished the painting on the top.

St. Thomas

San Juan

I started to like these oil sticks. The colors can be applied easily just by using it like a brush. I modulated color directly on the painting. The down side is the stick was too big for a small area. It feels like using size 12 brush on a 9x12 in canvas. It was hard to put down the details. I some times used q-tips or even picked small sticks from the ground to get the color from the stick and apply it to the painting.

At Sea

I bought Shiva Artist's Paintstik just for the cruise trip. I did these two sketches for practice.
This is my first time using Paintstik.

Two drawings

These were plein air drawings done on a cruise ship at Brooklyn Cruise Port. The luggage with my painting tools was delivered after the ship sailed. I did two quick drawings with manga pens.

Field Study--Oyster Bay

Oil. 14x11 in

Trees in my backyard2

oil, 12x10

Trees in my backyard

Oil, 14x11