30 paintingsin30days! Day 5. Todays painting is ‘Wetland Wonder’ – it looks as if there is a wetland theme happening here. Its a small plein air painting with a gorgeous summer sunshine. Today’s bird is the Kookaburra who was sitting in a tree above me laughing whilst I painted. I…
Day 4 of the 30paintingsin30days! challenge. Today’s painting is a small plein air oil painting of Balyang Sanctuary. As I sat painting a big pelican was gliding up and down. If I had a good camera it would be fun to paint all the birds that come by whilst I’m…
Day 3 of the 30paintingsin30days! challenge. Whew! Today I actually painted 2 paintings – a small version and a larger version of the same scene. The scene is one of my favourite subjects – gum trees overhanging water. These gum trees were above Buckleys Falls on the Barwon River. A…
Today is Day 2 of the 30paintingsin30days! challenge and the painting is a small plein air painting from the Bellarine Rail Trail called ‘Rail Trail Waterhole’. Its great that there is still water in the dams as they often dry up in mid summer. While I was painting in the…
For the month of February I will be joining Leslie Saeta for the 30paintingsin30days challenge. Today is day 1 and I’m quite excited to see what paintings I will have at the end of the month. I’m sure the painting part will not be difficult for me but posting a…
Moyra Le Blanc Smith NaturalArt September 30 Plein Air Paintings in 30 Days No.30 The thirtieth of 30 paintings for September. I made it! and what a wonderful month it has been with all kinds of weather, all kinds of subjects and a huge learning curve. I have 30 small…
Moyra Le Blanc Smith NaturalArt September 30 Plein Air Paintings in 30 Days No. 29 The twenty-ninth of 30 paintings for September ‘Day 29 Barwon Heads Bluff ‘ The rugged rock cliffs, wind pruned bushes, rocks, creamy sand and crashing waves were the subject of today’s painting. The…
Moyra le Blanc Smith NaturalArt September 30 Plein Air Paintings in 30 Days No. 28 The twenty-eighth of 30 paintings for September ‘Day 28 Early Morning – Gateway Sanctuary’ There was a soft fog when I first started to paint and it gradually changed to warm sunshine on…
Moyra Le Blanc Smith NaturalArt September 30 Plein Air Paintings in 30 Days No.27 The twenty-seventh of 30 paintings for September ‘Day 27 Bluebells in the Garden’ Ok it’s spring and I couldn’t resist the Bluebells any longer! What fun I had sitting in the garden with warm…
Moyra Le Blanc Smith NaturalArt September 30 Plein Air Paintings in 30 Days No. 26 The twenty-sixth of 30 paintings for September ‘Day 26 Tall Gums and Wattle’ I painted this on a tall skinny board to emphasise the height of the gum trees. The Wattle flowering nearby…