I love painting in Marceline, Missouri each year for the NOMO Plein Air Event! This place calls to me in the early morning light from afar - and I always head here for my first paint of the day! The bloom season is more progressed here than in years past, and I revel in the changes! Many greens are golden now, and the trees actually have fall color starting - probably from so many hot days and the stress of causes. I walked the grounds twice before settling on this spot, and then I jumped right in. Painting in my composition with a burnt umber, I then marked the light, shadow and color pops with paint. My fresh ultramarine violet was too buttery to serve me well, so I was mixing my cool shadow shades again. That color has been disappointing me lately, I think I may just banish it from my palette! As I finished, I dropped heavier paint marks for all this wildflowers - and loved the effect and dimension it added. It was a wonderful morning spent among the wildflowers, soaking in the quiet beauty of this very special place. I'm so happy this painting won a Purchase Award tonight and will now go live in New York to remind it's family of Marceline! Painting number 3146 in 3146 days.
