In the open air - July newsletter
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Mt. Golub (4194 feet) Chilkat Range

oil on Masonite

6" x 8"

Painting outside, en plein air, is exhilarating, and not gonna lie, can be overwhelming. But if the air is brisk, as it was this day, focus is usually clear and when painting "in the zone" your worries fade with the concentration on your motif and how you are going to paint it.

Happy summer Subscriber!

I hope wherever you are it is not too hot. I have gone out several times this spring/summer to paint here in Juneau, either alone or with my painting buddies. Just want to show you a few of those paintings here in Studio News. I already have published Mt. Golub on my website, but the following two small paintings are for your eyes only - until the end of July, when I will get them up on my website: TeriRobusStudio. At the end of this newsletter are private links to view the paintings.

Mid-June found me painting on a garden path at Juneau's Jensen-Olson Arboretum. The pink Rhododendrons were magnificent! I rarely am able to capture the fleeting dappled sun on the grass, but feel I got it this time!

Dappled Garden Path

oil on Masonite

6" x 8"

Red-breasted Sapsucker,

about 15 feet from me!

Recently, on a rare gorgeous sunny & warm day, a whole pack of us painters headed to Sheep Creek, at the Thane (south) end of town to paint. At this time of year there are no dead and dying salmon on the beach, and the grasses were at their peak in color and waving beauty.

Channel Marker

Oil on copper panel

5" x 7"

In this painting I also caught a boat zooming toward town with my brush. While we painted there was tons of boat activity on the water, and fisherpeople heading to the water with their fishing gear. At one point I saw a little shorebird with a bobbing tail which turned out to be a Spotted Sandpiper.

The pictures below were taken from where I set up my easel to paint.

Sheep Cr grass & my camera shadow

Douglas Island mountains

I have linked these two small paintings for you.

Dappled Garden Path & Channel Marker

No one else can see these because I have them hidden on my website, but with these links you can see them. You can share by forwarding this newsletter and those people can take a look too!

Share away!

Let me know if you are interested in one of these three plein air paintings. My website email is <teri@terirobusstudio.com> and my regular email is <teri.robus@gmail.com> Either one will work!

Thank you so much for reading!

I hope you have a very good summer

and can get outside to paint, draw or play!

all my best,

Teri