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Volume 4, Number 10

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Baumann’s Top Ten When Working in the Field
Master Outdoor Painters
Quote of the Month

Baumann’s Top Ten When Working in the Field
By Stefan Baumann

Stefan Baumann
"View from Castle Craig "
12 x 18 Oil on Canvas

When I teach a location workshop, I try to go beyond just “putting a little blue here and a little green there.” I feel students should take a moment and think about what they’re painting and why they are painting THIS location. Students love to make lists so here is my “Top Ten Helpful Hints When Working in the Field” list:

First – a reaction! Why are you going to paint this painting? Having the answer to this is essential and is the very first question that all artists must answer before they start a painting.
Try to define your feelings – why did I stop here? Ask yourself “What do I see?” Before you start with the first brush stroke, bring yourself to full awareness, notice your perceptions and feelings toward the subject, and then make up your mind about what you intend to say about the subject.
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Master Outdoor Painters

Peder Severin Kroyer
By Armand Cabrera

Peder Severin Kroyer was born in Stavanger, Norway on Midsummer Eve, 1851. Midsummer Day traditionally is recognized as June 24th---the Feast of John the Baptist. His mother suffered from manic depression and was unable to care for little Peder. He was raised by his mother’s sister and husband.

Peder attended the Academy in Copenhagen, receiving a Gold Medal for painting upon graduation. He was twenty-two. His first trip abroad was in 1875, traveling first to the Swiss Alps and then to Germany.
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Quote of the Month

What one does on the spot in the nervous ardor is always better than what one does the day after in the tranquil light of the studio. When one is sitting outside and one knows that in ten minutes the atmosphere will be gone, one does not argue, one works away with raging zeal.
-Peder Kroyer

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