pochade paintings

across the fields

oils on canvas board

8 x 6 inches pochade painting

I decided to post some of my studies in oils done from life using a small  8 x 6 pochade box.  I like to keep these fairly "fresh" if that`s the right word, since they are generally done quite quickly:  the weather in Ireland is notoriously fickle! I`m relatively new to plein air painting, so I`ve only started to explore all the different brushmarks, and quite often I like to use palette knifes.  This one, like some others has been painted on top of an older painting that I didn`t like or didn`t think would be useful as reference for other work, so that adds to the impasto effect, which often seems to subconsciously manifest itself whenever I paint from life in oils  I`m trying to paint more often with this box since it`s so portable, you can keep it in the car, etc.  and it`s really like a sketchbook, only with paint!