Michael Chesley Johnson
@mchesleyjohnson
Landscape Painter, Plein Air Painter, Contributor to The Artist's Magazine, Watercolor Artist, PleinAir Magazine, Pastel Journal and more. Author of Beautiful Landscape Painting Outdoors: Mastering Plein Air. Art! >> <<
Moving along on my new studio piece, 8x16 oil. Working from a 5x8 gouache sketch.
Relativity and the Painter - mchesleyjohnson.substack.com/p/what-does-...
A happy birthday to the grumpy French Impressionist Edgar Degas, born this day in 1834.
Enjoying the littoral zone, literally! Down below the tideline. 5x8 gouache.
A happy birthday to Scottish painter Edward Atkinson Hornel, one of the Glasgow Boys, born this day in 1864.
Another outing, 85 deg F and not a stirring of air! 30 minutes, 5x8 gouache.
Are you a plein air painter who often can't find something to paint? Here are some ideas! mchesleyjohnson.substack.com/p/i-cant-fin...
A happy birthday to French Impressionist Camille Pissaro, born this day in 1830.
A happy birthday to American Luminist painter Sanford Robinson Gifford, born this day in 1823.
I remembered to take my colors into the field this time. 5x16 gouache/pigment ink brush.
Another sketch from the day I forgot my colors. In the field with the pigment ink brush, then to the studio for color. 5x8 gouache.
Here's my article on pastel artist Allison Krajcik in the latest Pastel Journal! I love her work.
Guess who forgot to take his kit of gouache pans into the field? Yup. But not all was lost, as I had my pigment ink brush with me. So, I did an ink sketch in the field and took it back to the studio to "colorize" it. 5x18 gouache/ink.
I went out at low tide yesterday--love getting down to see the rocks eye-to-eye. 5x8 gouache.
The challenges of plein air painting! mchesleyjohnson.substack.com/p/the-challe...
A new landscape I'm working on. "UP" keeps me oriented. I'll write about this soon in my "Painting to See" column!
Happy Canada Day! "Mr Roosevelt's House" 12x24 oil. We're celebrating from Campobello Island, the location of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park, a park jointly administered by the US and Canadian governments to honor FDR's legacy. #rcip
I've got a new online, LIVE course for plein air painters starting this fall. Details here! mchesleyjohnson.substack.com/p/new-online...
A happy birthday to American Impressionist Willard Metcalf, born this day in 1858. (And happy birthday to Canada, born this day in 1867!)
Tide's out, and the cliffs are stupendous! 5x8 gouache.
If you're visiting Eastport, Maine, this summer for its spectacular Independence Day events, make sure to stop by Full Fathom Five gallery. I've got many paintings there for you to see! bit.ly/43WF7fH
Is your painting being kidnapped by green? mchesleyjohnson.substack.com/p/demonstrat...
After 1.7" of rain yesterday, some clear weather today! 5x8 gouache.