tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57001264567732947182024-03-13T06:39:11.657-04:00Beth Bathe's Paintingsexploring the fine art of paintingBeth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-58962743005802219232016-05-25T17:04:00.000-04:002016-05-25T17:04:28.461-04:00Plein Air Season - Let The Games Begin!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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has been a year since I last posted. I have had several people state
that they miss the blog, so I think I'll give it another whirl. This
weekend my summer plein air season begins. I have been juried into
several competitions that will take me through to the end of October.<br />
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are all the competitions that I have been juried into. Two of the
events in () I will not be participating in because events overlapped,
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Paint Annapolis • May 30 - June 5<br />
Mountain Maryland • June 7 - June 11<br />
<i>(Bucks County, PA) same week as Mountain Maryland </i><br />
<i>(Easels of Frederick, Frederick MD • June 13 - June 18 ALTERNATE)</i><br />
Richmond Plein Air, Richmond VA • June 19 - June 26<br />
Ellicott City, Ellicott City, MD • July 7 - July 11<br />
Paint the Peninsula, Port Angeles WA • August 21 - 27<br />
Solomons Island Plein Air, Solomons MD • September 12-18<br />
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Air Competitions are usually a week long event. Artists apply to these
events by submitting 3-5 images of their current plein air paintings and
sometimes a bio. 25 - 35 artists are then selected(or juried in) by a
judge. Most events, artists will stay with a host family. When the event
begins, artists have their blank canvases stamped proving that all
paintings are done during the week long competition. Artists then spend
the week painting within a geographical boundry established by the competition. At
the end of a very long week (sometimes painting up to three paintings in
a day), after all types of painting conditions, rain, heat, fog, clouds, dark nights and
beautiful sun, the artists will frame their paintings for a show. The paintings are judged for awards. All the paintings,
sometimes a show of 300 to 500 paintings, are for sale and it always
amazes me, that they were all painted within a week. The
event usually ends on a Saturday or Sunday with a Quick Paint or Quick
Draw. All the juried artists and often community artists, all join
within a couple of blocks and paint a painting within a two hour window.
Those paintings are then framed and judged for additional awards.<br />
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These
week competitions are very competitive, exhausting, and stressful. But,
yes they are also so much FUN!!!! The juried artists that I have had
the pleasure of working with for the past two years are a great group of
painters. A lot of the same painters will be in the same events.
Sometimes feels like we are Carnival workers or "Carnies" moving from
show to show...<br />
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So, time to get this blog up and running. Let the games begin!<br />
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Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-82853328057292575452015-06-08T07:52:00.000-04:002015-06-08T07:52:57.117-04:00Plein Air Mountain Maryland....a great weekRight after finishing my week at Plein Air Camp Hill, I headed for Plein Air Mountain Maryland for another week of competition. Thirty artists from all over the country joined in Allegany and Garrett Counties to paint the mountains, historic cumberland railroad and architecture. It was a another wonderful competition, with all kinds of weather conditions, rain to heavy fog, to periods of sun. Made for some very atmospheric paintings. I sold all of my paintings and my quickdraw and was honored to receive 2nd place in the competition for my painting "Double Truss Bridge #1765". Now I leave today for my third competition, Paint Annapolis!<br />
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<br />Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-73033434464165215462015-06-07T22:16:00.001-04:002015-06-07T22:16:44.546-04:00Plein Air Season 2015!It was a long hard winter here in PA. Now that it is Spring/early summer it is time to paint outdoors! Two weeks ago I participated in Camp Hill Plein Air 2015. A beautiful week, wonderful weather and great painting. Here are my two competition pieces<br />
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Plein Air Easton! X 2014<br />
13 days, a fantastic competition and experience. 12 paintings painted, 10 paintings entered into the show, 8 paintings SOLD! Thank you to all of the wonderful artists, volunteers, staff, host family and all of the Easton MD community. Can't wait till next year!Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-53118998530593103202014-07-16T07:17:00.000-04:002014-07-16T07:17:08.021-04:00Plein Air Easton!So I am here in Easton MD, one of the largest plein air festivals in the country. Today is Wednesday, only two more days of painting! So far it has been very very exciting, I am bone tired, but am painting, painting, painting. I feel so honored to part of such a fantastic group of artists, really are the best of the best. I am with the "rock stars' of plein air! I will post more pictures of my paintings as soon as I can upload the pics!<br />
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<br />Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-41465877940345992242014-05-16T10:05:00.000-04:002014-05-16T10:05:03.917-04:00Camp Hill Plein Air EntriesMy first plein air festival of the year, <a href="http://www.pleinaircamphill.org/">Plein Air Camp Hill</a> is almost completed. Four paintings in three days...now time to frame and pick just two for tonights competition and awards ceremony. So which two will make the cut? I thought I had made up my mind last night, but now I keep changing my mind. Anyway, I will frame all four and go with my intuition. Here are the four...<br />
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<br />Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-89961743984845381022014-03-28T20:17:00.001-04:002014-03-28T20:17:16.410-04:00Plein Air Easton!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Holy Moly!<br />
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my email today to find out that I had been juried into Plein Air
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So...time to practice painting sailboats...YIPPEEE!!!!!Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-90071809960600611052014-03-11T08:32:00.000-04:002014-03-11T08:32:17.545-04:00"Grand Red Roof" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sunday I went in search of some of the last snow in the fields. This grand barn with it's red roof is a wonderful example of the beautiful Amish farms here in Lancaster County. It was a cold brisk day, but very peaceful. While painting the only sound I cold hear was the sound of the whistling wind and the clip clop of the hooves from Amish buggies, so peaceful.Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-90706976423331486592014-03-10T14:38:00.001-04:002014-03-10T14:40:26.767-04:00"Late Winter View of Rockville Bridge" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Late Winter View of Rockville Bridge", 8 x 10 oil on panel, en plein air</td></tr>
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Saturday I ventured out into the slightly above freezing temps to paint outdoors. The <b>Rockville Bridge</b>, north of Harrisburg PA, at the time of its completion in 1902, was, and remains, the longest stone masonry arch rail viaduct in the world. This view of the bridge shows the mighty Susquehanna River still covered in ice. This will probably be the last weekend of so much ice and snow with temps climbing above the 50s by mid week.Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-31754571316292201952014-03-06T18:00:00.001-05:002014-03-06T18:00:53.403-05:00"Hen Party" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hen Party" 6 x 8, oil on panel</td></tr>
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I have several requests for more CHICKENS! I feel like the Colonel Sanders of chicken paintings! Here are three pretty gals, a "Hen Party"!Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-16810538963979492912014-02-27T15:01:00.000-05:002014-02-27T15:01:37.446-05:00"Guilin Pink Parasol" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vi4BO_NJDew/Uw-XcZ2jz4I/AAAAAAAAA1c/8s8iwKMGUzM/s1600/IMG_5820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vi4BO_NJDew/Uw-XcZ2jz4I/AAAAAAAAA1c/8s8iwKMGUzM/s1600/IMG_5820.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Guilin Pink Parasol", 6 x 8, oil on panel</td></tr>
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This past September I had the privilege of traveling to China with artist <a href="http://qiang-huang.blogspot.com/">Qiang Huang</a>.<br />
While visiting the city of Guilin, we noticed how many of the people on the street shielded the sun with bright colored umbrellas. The street was a type of stone which looked wet and picked up all the fantastic colorful reflections! I have so many wonderful photos and memories, and look forward to many new paintings.Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-31815980819153579872014-02-18T19:42:00.001-05:002014-02-18T19:42:45.203-05:00"Obie's Siesta" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This is my dog, Obie. Here he is taking a siesta in a very colorful armchair, at the lakehouse we visited in South Carolina. The sun was starting to set and a strong light was streaming into the window behind him. I loved all the oranges and reds. I only had about three hours to paint today and I think it turned out pretty well.Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-59186303631264410142014-02-17T18:15:00.000-05:002014-02-17T18:15:40.515-05:00"Lotus Rest" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I think we are all getting cabin fever and dreaming of warmer weather. This lovely flower and his restful friend, was captured in a photo that I took at "Hillwood", Marjorie Merriwether Post's estate in Washington DC. I just happened to get a great shot of this dragonfly as he basked in the warm August sun.Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-797297219824940112014-02-15T14:56:00.001-05:002014-02-15T14:56:49.929-05:00"Morning Ride" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Enough of the snow already! How about a beach scene? This is a shot I took at dawn at Huntington State Park in South Carolina in August. I love the refections of the sky in the water left on the beach after high tide. I can almost hear the waves...Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-51587595887049477632014-02-14T17:06:00.000-05:002014-02-14T20:28:42.723-05:00"My Valentines" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Happy Valentines Day! Here is a painting of Bill's grandbabies, Madeline and Audrey.<br />
We wish we were with you today, we miss our tiny "Valentines".<br />
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So today was the perfect studio day. 14 new inches of new snow, and we're still waiting for the tail end of the storm and maybe another 3 to 5 inches!<br />
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I have painted a lot of landscapes and snow scenes lately, so today was a great time to paint a cheery still life! I decided to paint the "Daily Paintworks Challenge" for the week, which is "citrus". I always like when orange is painted with it's complementary blue! Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-61835833733583234152014-02-10T19:31:00.000-05:002014-02-10T19:32:13.019-05:00"Barn at Brandywine" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Tired of the snow...wanted to practice something green and inviting!!! This little barn at Brandywine Battlefield.Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-76683521048017630002014-02-09T15:25:00.000-05:002014-02-09T15:26:18.055-05:00"Brandywine Brook" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Brandywine Brook", 9" x 12", oil on panel</td></tr>
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In preparation of the Chaddsford Historical Society Plein Air Paint Out this coming weekend, I decided I need to get out and paint snow, bare trees and water. Here is all three, on yes and some geese too!<br />
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So what did I learn...<br />
Baby it's cold outside. Snow is harder than you think. Have to consider warm and cool shadows. Bare trees are HARD...get enough detail without going crazy. And of course water, I think I am getting the hang of that one!Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-91719064319967114502014-02-08T08:20:00.000-05:002014-02-08T08:23:51.517-05:00Just found out I'm a winner!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have a lot of interest in old abandoned buildings. Here is a set a doors from an old factory. The patina on the blue doors with a touch of warm orange showing was a photographer and painters dream! Also had fun with the palette knife on the concrete wallsBeth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-54296430429213539762014-01-31T10:35:00.000-05:002014-01-31T10:35:34.239-05:0030 in 30....done!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is a collage of my January 30 in 30 day painting challenge!<br />
23 paintings finished, about 3 or 4 paintings started and not finished, and I painted every day! Nine chickens, a bunch of other birds, abandoned buildings, old buildings, snow, mist, barns, a couple of flowers, a ballerina, some Amish kids and an orange and a bowl of eggplants. Sort of all over the board with subject matter...but a learning process in every brush stroke. It was hard, it was great, it was quite the month...Now I will take what I learned, look out February, here I come!!!Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-43234399195212994192014-01-29T17:20:00.001-05:002014-01-29T17:20:51.150-05:00"Swan Song"...almost done, but Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So I titled this painting "Swan Song", because it is getting close to the end of my 30 day challenge. Tomorrow will be my last painting! But don't worry, I'm on a roll and will continue to paint as often as I can. I photographed this swan on an Amish Farm last week. The temps were in the low teen, and there was ice and snow covering the ground. I was freezing and kept wondering why the swans and ducks seemed very content, weren't they COLD?????<br />
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Today's painting was started yesterday (I thought I would get ahead. It started as a still life of three flowers in a delft pitcher. I got it blocked in, it had a very dark background and low lighting. I then worked on it all this morning. It just wasn't working. I ran some errands and got back to the studio at 4 pm...I then wiped the whole canvas down (first painting of the thirty that I scraped). So at 4:15 pm, this landscape was born. I wanted to continue to work with snow, and I like how the winter grass peaks through this wonderful snowy drive to an old barn. Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-76196587773568912162014-01-27T13:57:00.001-05:002014-01-27T13:57:10.905-05:00"Mama Hen" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I'm on a roll with the "poultry series". I have even been called the "chicken lady". I had a request to do a hen and chicks and couldn't resist these cuties. I spent a lot of time on the details of the feathers. I usually paint somewhat looser, but I think all the detail works in this instance.Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700126456773294718.post-936349835631605752014-01-25T19:07:00.000-05:002014-01-25T19:07:01.346-05:00"The Three Amigos" by Beth Bathe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Three Amigos", #25/30, 6" x 8", oil on panel</td></tr>
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Yesterday while we were out photographing the snow we stopped at one of our favorite bakeries, "The Bird in Hand Bakeshop". They have a small barn and petting zoo by the parking lot. All the animals were inside the barn but came out to see us. I photographed these three fellows, coming out of the barn door. They came out, checked us out, realized we didn't have any food and promptly went back through. 16 degrees, with a windchill of -5 is COLD, even for our feathered friends.Beth Bathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382563224874522848noreply@blogger.com0