Hi All, just got back from the beautiful rolling wine country of Augusta, MO. It’s about 40 miles West of St Louis and is a welcome retreat from Springtime weather weirdness here in Colorado. Although it rained a good portion of the time I was there, I still managed to get some painting in. I cower under the hatchback of my Exterra when it’s raining, so I manage to stay somewhat dry. The problem with this is that I sometimes cant get to the ideal vantage point, and the hatchback is about one and half inches too short, so by the end of the session I need a chiropractor on deck!!
I took a first place at the “Paint the Katy Trail Waterholes” day. I painted the painting below entitled, “Missouri Greens” of the old car. The light broke out this day in the afternoon and turned in to a very nice day. I went through 2 small tubes and one large tube of Cad Yellow Lemon on the trip as the greens were Spring INTENSE!!
After the event I taught two 3 day workshops which were a lot of fun. Luckily the weather cooperated the whole time and I didn’t have to break out the contingency plan for rain during a plein air workshop. If any of ya’ll students get on this, list your comments below!!
Anyway, below is the body of work from the trip, in no particular order. If interested in purchasing any, please browse to the Available Landscape Painting section with the navigation bar above.
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What a fantastic workshop we had in Augusta with Josh!! It was a whole new experience for me as I’ve only been painting for 8 months! Josh is a patience and wonderful teacher. He opened my eyes to a new way of composing my painting and going for those “looser” stokes. Hope I get th e opportunity to paint with him again.
GREAT workshop, Josh. It was a lot of fun and I learned so much. You are a great teacher, by the way, as well as a great artist / visual poet. The weather was rather cool and damp for a Missouri springtime, but the excitement of painting and learning warmed my heart and raised my spirits. I’m still processing all that I learned, and I will be for some time. Thanks again for making your way out here and a big shout out to the other artists in the workshop! It was great to meet all of you. Kathy Fisher
P.S. The “Prolific Easel” ROCKS! I love it. :D You’ve thought of everything on it, and the design is excellent.
Hey Josh, congradulations winning first place at the “Paint the Katy Trail Waterholes” day. Your work is fantastic !! I hope to meet up with you someday. Until then take good care my friend. Sincerely, David Menendez
Hi Josh, Great time in Augusta, beautiful rolling hills and the B&B we stayed in was fantastic! You are such a talented artist and I enjoyed the workshop……. looking forward to next year!
Hi Josh:
Thanks so much for the wonderful workshop. Your handout was very helpful and clarified so many really important things. Your teaching approach was great. You were very effective in using paintings to reenforced the points that you were sharing with us.
In fact, I was talking about our workshop today at the Stems Plein Air Event in Overland Park, KS. I used the yellow wash and got a nice painting. Still enjoying the oils, but, know I need lots of practice.
Thanks so much for the treasures you shared with us,
Teddy