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Friday, January 05, 2018

Plein Air Oil Painting

I drove to Montsalvat in Eltham this morning. 

Its founder, Justus Jorgensen, was a student of Max Meldrum and spent many hours painting in the area. It’s a fascinating history of Australian tonal realism painters. 

It’s really a lovely place with charming buildings, gardens and sculptures scattering around, in the mean time, there are some peacocks wandering about, making funny sounds. 

I decided to set up my easel here. 



It was very peaceful. I enjoyed every single minute painting this. I spent 2.5 hours. 


Oil on canvas. 14x18 in. 


After quick lunch, I decided to do another one from here. 



I think shadows are not dark enough. I need to do some work on this one. 
I spent 2.5 hours. 

It was a lovely day. I’ll definitely come back again. 


Oil on canvas. 14x18 in. 

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