tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36205955239125010292024-02-06T21:20:22.694-08:00Philadelphia Plein Air PaintersMike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-72004482611509996772020-09-05T23:04:00.000-07:002020-09-05T23:04:36.530-07:00PPAP Paint Fairmount Park<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today the PPAP hit <a class="O4GlU" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1854245/fairmount-park-horticultural-center/" referrerpolicy="origin" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;" tabindex="0">Fairmount Park Horticultural Center</a> to paint some socially distancing Plein Air on a gorgeous late summer Saturday. Its been forever that we have not gotten together to paint with this years pandemic. But since we are all social distancing and taking great care, we decided we could try going out very early to do some painting. We decided to try Fairmount Park in the city which is spacious and has many interesting sites to try and paint---and not picnic grounds etc., to attract huge crowds of Mask Slackers partying.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In fact there were only families mostly with little kids and a few hikers , a very light crowd with plenty of social distancing. it could not have been a better day, great light, cool and no wind or humidity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SBqfHBsaqikIHMdaNK5Na33ceGh0IxNsHZOCLvZE0Jr74l6kbXCaoiWYlLP5ywkk62LT_4hNft9QK9sJLHpMH13mM19gZzAEgPYA_h77W5dTgYhVrbPAbG7D8VaXM1BTQFlAC3js7Q1s/s2048/HipstamaticPhoto-621019228.979184.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SBqfHBsaqikIHMdaNK5Na33ceGh0IxNsHZOCLvZE0Jr74l6kbXCaoiWYlLP5ywkk62LT_4hNft9QK9sJLHpMH13mM19gZzAEgPYA_h77W5dTgYhVrbPAbG7D8VaXM1BTQFlAC3js7Q1s/s320/HipstamaticPhoto-621019228.979184.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6xr5FuaUzkE97iIBrsHPnfDhYQuAg4msBYd6z506tMcxbrP6Q5qvXiNDR2c55xO2n8gOT33z0fbQ_xrAzZRiJTB7BW6rnmd-RPbBWo6_0ZAezWlT2jCiaJj2L0Yxw2xKF7kJmrLhd1Eb/s2048/IMG_6955.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6xr5FuaUzkE97iIBrsHPnfDhYQuAg4msBYd6z506tMcxbrP6Q5qvXiNDR2c55xO2n8gOT33z0fbQ_xrAzZRiJTB7BW6rnmd-RPbBWo6_0ZAezWlT2jCiaJj2L0Yxw2xKF7kJmrLhd1Eb/s320/IMG_6955.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a bit of walking I found a spot that caught my eye and set to paint. The group all wandered off to find something interesting for them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM062V9lxz9U1bgI6L9cjCBfXhwzbDewOV6yHrvt9DLmXNB0_V4Elc2N8SptY64bSxVbn2m9vRZnq5WBMiD9i8BqDHdssSBkxmbfTu2JdQq3d2gipKYEeDLQana2HtMdKK_5lb4hAaUTPH/s2048/IMG_6956.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM062V9lxz9U1bgI6L9cjCBfXhwzbDewOV6yHrvt9DLmXNB0_V4Elc2N8SptY64bSxVbn2m9vRZnq5WBMiD9i8BqDHdssSBkxmbfTu2JdQq3d2gipKYEeDLQana2HtMdKK_5lb4hAaUTPH/s320/IMG_6956.jpg" /></a></div>I hit it quick as the sun was on the move and I knew the light i liked wag going to change in 30-40 minutes tops.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxS181AgUIotO2djV8nmX5XZ5JWLbHu3XUB-OXbOKVTPAZDR8U_gkZYTTMuTe6NmGcC2AD1gUOL3Jg1xa886yFsrk16TSfYTPSCOWqeNSKBFi1FAwf09a2NsbB1EdWzPTZkwaB-A6UI1f/s2048/IMG_6957.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxS181AgUIotO2djV8nmX5XZ5JWLbHu3XUB-OXbOKVTPAZDR8U_gkZYTTMuTe6NmGcC2AD1gUOL3Jg1xa886yFsrk16TSfYTPSCOWqeNSKBFi1FAwf09a2NsbB1EdWzPTZkwaB-A6UI1f/s320/IMG_6957.jpg" /></a></div>Liang found a nice spot with shade, Will did too as he brought his tablet to paint on and needed to be in the shade to see. By the time I stopped the sun had moved and my right arm was starting to catch the sun.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh974HDO9OuwOiTlE-Oz1QhFEgrwaeY1dzglLAMHkI5NCoV4ILiO3NYmC3tU6Ugjs94xPKn-VW-ehagwGyxEJBMESMZyDVd1NhBXUmB7aQMDboNzGPD1AEGzNGiSCEjFsHAzBfNB7I0oJvD/s2048/IMG_6961.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh974HDO9OuwOiTlE-Oz1QhFEgrwaeY1dzglLAMHkI5NCoV4ILiO3NYmC3tU6Ugjs94xPKn-VW-ehagwGyxEJBMESMZyDVd1NhBXUmB7aQMDboNzGPD1AEGzNGiSCEjFsHAzBfNB7I0oJvD/s320/IMG_6961.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLiENUzinjDqjRd5G_mw8wKGHOJndUY7QeaXz3gzZCe0gIhm6hnl6OLg_s1TSrEJo9eyt90uB8Qx0v4zu_uweZWwCU_sBb9WESZtrMV2dY79pA7TcAXDU7ih-HmoCudzIKy1pki8QWSSq/s2048/IMG_6965.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Here is my painting I did today. I thought about doing another but just decided to chill instead. I hope we can go back out in the next few weeks again.</div><br /> <p></p>Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-12027158347976246252016-06-26T12:06:00.000-07:002016-06-27T15:30:46.179-07:00Washington Avenue Green<br />
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Yesterday under a beautiful blue June sky a few members of the PPAP painted along the Delaware River at the historic Pier 53 at the invitation of Susan McAninley and the The Friends Group of the <a href="http://www.washingtonavenuegreen.com/">Washington Avenue Green.</a> The Pier, along with nearby piers, has a major historical significance, is a fish nursery, is part of the Mid-Atlantic flyway for migrating birds, and is an ecological study area. It also has great views of the river, shipping and beautiful Camden.<br />
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It was a great day for painting, if a bit hot by noon with temps at 90 according to the thermometer in the dash of my car. I packed my Julian Umbrella for the paint-out as I know how tough the sun can be while painting if shade isn't good or available. A few years back when I was really starting to do a lot of plein air I painted near Delaware one summers day, much like yesterday, and I went sun blind and was really wiped out from the heat. I realized then why I always saw pictures of painters with Umbrellas, sometimes more than one.<br />
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My buddy Will and I arrived at the pier about 12 or so and met Susan who gave us a tour of the Green and Pier 53 and we hunted for views to paint, We were soon joined by Dave and Diane and set up to work as we had reached solar noon. There are many, many great views to paint here and I will certainly go back a few more times to paint.<br />
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There are not many spots to paint along the river in Philly, access is limited or frankly dangerous and some places like Penn Treaty Park where I first painted with my original group the Dirty Palette Club is way too buys with people on the weekends, as well as a lot of drunks--and drunks love painters! Boy, they love to tell you about their lives and the merits of your efforts and painting theory. You can read about my previous adventures as a painter with the DPC on our blog. http://thedirtypaletteclub.blogspot.com/2012/05/return-to-delaware.html<br />
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Checking the angle of the sun I choose a view where the light would stay pretty much the same till I was done, so I was facing south. There were other great views but I was too late in the day to paint them and the shadows would reverse too soon to get anything done. A little while later we were joined by Susan's husband Frank, who brought the pizza and water! How great is that, a great place to paint and you get feed as well!<br />
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Will blocking in his painting<br />
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I got to painting and took a few breaks to talk with Franks and Susan who grew up nearby in South Philly and they told us many great bits of trivia and history about the area and the pier as a way station for Civil War troops and emigration into the US. In fact many of the families in Philly have great grand parents who came in and settled a stones throw away in South Philly.<br />
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Dave's painting of the USS New Jersey in progress<br />
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There was just a little breeze even though the sun was blazing and soon the tide started coming in as Will and I painted. I used a 12 x 16 Ampersand Gessoboard and no Liquin, just a little terps as it was so hot the oil was setting up fast. It was so great to get out of the studio and a break from the comic strips and listen to the river wash up and the sounds of nature.<br />
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Will and I baking in the heat<br />
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Will's finished piece<br />
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Relics 12 x 16 Oil<br />
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Its very quite and tranquil there in the Green with a few runners, dog walkers and people strolling in and they keep it pretty clean, especially for trashy Philly. The group has done an amazing job rehabilitating this area and its quite a gem hidden away in South Philly. I really recommend everyone go there and check out how beautiful and peaceful this little bit of "hidden Philly" can be.<br />
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Around 5-ish we were done and headed home. A big thanks to Susan and Frank and the Friends Group for hosting us to paint and we'll be back soon to paint the Green!Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-30765902242712380312016-05-28T09:36:00.000-07:002016-05-28T09:41:36.652-07:00Burlington Plein Air 16It looks like Spring has evaporated as the heat turned up to Summer this week in Philly just as I was finally able to get out of the studio and back to painting in glorious nature.<br />
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Along with Alina I was able to participate in the Burlington Plein Air 16 which is run by <a href="http://28eastgallery.com/">28 E Gallery</a> in Burlington NJ. We both participated in the event last year where Alina won an award for her painting. This year the event was structured around the Historic Yorkshire Garden Tour.<br />
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The event was suppose to happen last Saturday with all the painters heading out at the same time to paint, but we were all rained out and so the decision was made to allow painters to have the next week to complete their paintings.<br />
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That meant for Alina and myself Wednesday was the best day for us because of our work schedules and so we headed out from Philly up I-95 and RT 130 with a list of two gardens we could paint at.<br />
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We decided on the Pearl Blvd. spot as it had the best views that included the garden, river and also some shade, which helped a lot as it was already 90 degrees by the time we got to Burlington and started painting.<br />
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The people who's home we were painting were also very gracious allowing us the use their bathroom, and some cold water which was great, they even gave as small tour of their beautiful home full of treasures from their world travels.<br />
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It had been several months since I was able to get out and paint due to my heavy work schedule that includes two comic strips, Judge Parker and now The Phantom, but I plan to be back out as much as possible to paint this summer.<br />
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After we finished our first paintings we decided to take a break and have some lunch at Francesco Pizzeria-<wbr></wbr>Ristorante which has fantastic pizza! They even gave us extra pizza boxes to carry our painting back.<br />
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That renewed our energy bar back to 100% to try for the second garden, however by that time the sun was about an hour from setting which didn't give us enough time to paint and the angle of the sun didn't give us much to work with as far as light for the smaller garden, which was narrow and nestled between two house, so we decided to pack it in and head back to Philly.<br />
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I prefer to pick my spot to paint rather than have something assigned by lottery, but I took the event as just a way to get back out and paint and do like Burlington as a city to paint in. <br />
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I'll drop my painting off today and unfortunately have to miss the opening of the show as I will be attending the Wizard World Comic Convention next weekend.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-65671987709823691732015-06-04T10:33:00.002-07:002015-06-04T10:43:42.202-07:00Camp Hill Plein AirThis past week a few of the PPAP members along with myself took part in the <a href="http://www.pleinaircamphill.org/">5th annual Camp Hill Plein Air </a>event out in Camp Hill, PA, a very picturesque little town next to Harrisburg, nestled along the banks and rolling hills of the Susquehanna River.<br />
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Along with fellow former PAFA Alum, Charles Newman, Alina and William Sentman, I drove out from Philly to take place in the week long plein air event. For us, that was actually the hardest part-- the commute of two-hours each way along the turnpike, which added 4 hours to the long day of painting. <br />
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Even harder than that was the fact that on Monday, while driving out to have our canvases stamped for the event, my Jeep blew the 4-wheel Drive trans-axle on the turnpike as we neared Lancaster.<br />
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I hopped out of the Jeep as I pulled over just as a huge cloud of smoke billowed out of the engine! I popped the hood to see the engine or part of it on fire! Luckily I had plenty of bottled water in the back and Will and I were able to put the fire out. The Turnpike Safety Patrol rolled up a few minutes later to make sure the fire was out and I attempted to inch the jerking and clacking Jeep down to the next exit, but it was no go. The engine ran but the 4 wheel drive was toast! So a tow truck was called and $300 bucks later the Jeep and Will and I were parked at my mechanics 2 blocks from my house in Upper Darby. It turns out that a bearing in the trans-axle went bad, super-heated and blew the drive. That part of the story is still up in the air as I am still seeing if I will get a new car or fix the old 1996 Jeep.<br />
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So I rented a car for the week and a little lighter in the pocket went back to work on the strip Monday evening. Luckily the Camp Hill organizers were super nice and allowed William and Charles to drive out the next day and stamp all of our canvases for the event.<br />
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On top of that I was still under the heavy deadline of producing the Judge Parker newspaper strip all week. So after rushing out to paint and then rushing back home I'd still have to work late into the night on the strip to meet my deadlines. Needless to say this made me a bit tired, especially toward the end of the week. It was a rough week that way. I wanted to be fresh and sharp to paint but I had to many times make myself stop when painting and really think about what i was doing and not plop paint on or get lost in details too soon--all pitfalls of the tired painter.<br />
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Many participants for the event were local or fairly close and many stayed in local hotels, which we did do Friday into Saturday to be there early for the Saturday Quick Draw event. The Quick Draw--or really Quick Paint started at 9am, when you had to get your canvases stamped and then get your spot, set up and ready to paint between 10 and noon. So we would have to leave too early from Philly if we hadn't stayed over--and we were all increasingly tired each day.<br />
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The weather was not the best for us on Wednesday, the first day I was able to paint, with big periods of torrential rain. Another disadvantage for us not being local was finding a good spot to paint meant driving around and burning painting time as we were not familiar with the area. The event gave us a map of the area with suggestions of places of interest to paint.<br />
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While we were exploring spots to paint and watching the advancing and growing storms on the radar via our cell phones. The first spot we visited and eventually went back too was <span class="st">Negley Park. We meet 3-4 other painters there and enjoyed a little chat. Charles and William painted there on Tuesday after stamping our canvases and it offered many nice views and a large covered picnic pavillon. We drove around a bit more but it started raining really hard. After it stopped, we dropped Charles off below and then Alina and I went up to the picnic area and set up to paint.</span><br />
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On my phone I could see the storms building again and we could hear the thunder. Just as we found views we liked and I blocked out my painting--BOOM! I really came down. <span class="st"><i></i></span><br />
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<span class="st"><i> The Passing Storm 12 x 16</i></span><br />
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<span class="st">So Alina and I painted under the picnic pavilion as the storms rolled past. I tried to capture the event in my painting and the storm made for some great atmosphere to paint. As the sun set and I rushed out to grab us some burgers to eat and then squeeked out this little painting in about 45 minutes.</span><br />
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<span class="st">Alina and I drove back out to Lancaster on Thursday and searched for spots to paint, Will and Charles were not able to make it due to work. There were many beautiful sites we saw to paint as we drove around, but they were so often in spots you couldn't park or would have been set up 2 inches from the road with trucks and cars flying past you. </span><br />
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<span class="st">So Alina and I went to quick work on or paintings in the hot sun, both of us in semi shade. Soon the mother and one of the daughters from the farm came over to see us and ask a few questions. The daughter even liked to paint herself-so I gave a mini-painting lesson and talked as I worked. A little later they came back, this time with more daughters and some meadow ice tea and cookies! They were super nice people and the cold tea and cookies hit the spot! I fought an constant barrage of spiders, ants and caterpillars in a steady pile-on as I painted away under the tree--I must have looked like I had some afflictions to those passing by as I was fencing and flicking bugs away. The bugs seemed to sense which paint dollop I was about to choose and plop right into it!</span><br />
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<span class="st">So it was a fun week of painting despite the obstacles that tried to make it seem as if it wasn't going to happen at all at certain points and its always great to paint with friends.<i><br /></i></span>Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-26796061223793946852015-03-21T22:02:00.000-07:002015-03-21T22:02:47.714-07:00Spring Thaw<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spring is finally here, even though Old man Winter slapped us good on the first day of Spring here in the North East with a heavy wet snow. While it might have been a pain driving ans shoveling it made for a great second opportunity to get back over the the Darby Creek and paint a wintery scene as the snow rapidly melted in the 50 degree sunlight. Today was the third trip I made over to the creek in the past two weeks as the weather broke. I had been going kinda crazy with cabin fever having not painted outside since that cold day in January. I've really been wanting to paint some snow scenes this winter but ue to mu super busy schedule and frankly the brutal cold it never happened until now.<br />
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My first strip was to the creek on the 9th of March, just after a pretty big snow, and the weather was in he 5o's so it made a great day to get out even though down by the creek it was still pretty cold. I found a great spot with huge logs jammed up on these rocks that made a really dynamic composition and went for it. I used a <a href="http://www.canvaspanels.com/">SourceTek</a> panel which is my favorite surface to paint on, they are just fantastic and the people at the company are also super nice!<br />
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I set up and raced the sun and my freezing feet in this great scene<br />
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Spring Thaw 12 x 16 Oil<br />
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A few days later Will and I went back to the creek. This time we parked and hiked over the train bridge to the other side to check out the views over there. Again we settled on the falls,<br />
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Will worked down below while I worked above the falls.<br />
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Here's my painting, The Rock, 12 x 16 Oil on a SourceTek panel<br />
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The real hard work, the big challenge here is the subtle <span class="st">temperature</span> shifts of the greys in a scene like this. Not only do you have to not fall victim to detail but you have to push things to be simple, yet read against each other. The greys as they say, are the glue of painting. The slight shifts of warm to cool is a real challenge and then, POW! That dash of the blue sky in the waters reflection. I was working and hoping the light would hold on this scene, but I did have to finish about 20% of this at home as the light changed too much.<br />
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Here is William's awesome painting of me up on the falls. He really nailed that feeling of the spring air and the energy of the falls.<br />
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I thought that that might be the last chance to catch some winter snow but we got socked hard on the firs day of Spring, so we had a second third chance to get back out tothe creek, this time Alina joined us to paint. We learned that there was a much easier way to get to the new spot so we drove right up and parked and got set up pretty quick.<br />
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I set my rig up and got to work right away, again using a SourceTek panel.<br />
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Alina set up right next to our cars<br />
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William once again hiked down to the creek<br />
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Here is a shot of me just about done--the light had gone...<br />
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Here are a few shots of Alina as she worked, I really love the feeling of her painting!! A great PA piece!<br />
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<br />Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-16398885994622293342015-01-15T06:47:00.001-08:002015-01-15T06:47:39.724-08:00PPAP on OutdoorPainter.comThere is a great plug and mini-interview with me on our show at the <a href="http://www.newarkartsalliance.org/">Newark Arts Alliance</a> over on <a href="http://www.pleinaircollector.com/EXHIBITION-Philadelphia-Plein-Air-Painters-in-Newa/20695308">outdoorpainter.com </a><br />
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Thanks to Bob Bahr for the plug!<br />
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Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-64030664961493681802015-01-10T06:12:00.002-08:002015-01-10T06:28:19.242-08:00PPAP Opening at Newark Arts Alliance<br />
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Last night was the opening for our group show at the <a href="http://www.newarkartsalliance.org/">Newark Arts Alliance</a> in Newark Delaware and it was a packed house full or friends, family, fellow painters and a lot of art lovers. It was a a bit nippy as they say, and the traffic was mad crazy on the way down from Philly, but it was warm and toasty inside the gallery.<br />
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Alina and Niloofar talk about her painting which sold!<br />
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Alina in front of a few of her paintings<br />
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Charles and his family in front of the food court<br />
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Jen and her Hubby Rob and our friend Margaret from school<br />
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Kid Flash rushed through for a look<br />
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for the opening. We had quite a spread of goodies to munch on as wine
to drink so everybody seemed happy, arty and content. Its also great
when fellow painters show up so you can talk shop and gossip--we all
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Our Group shot from the show: Lexi Thomas, Niloofar GH, Nancy B Miller, Michael Cole Manley, Alina Osipov, William Sentman, Jen Polillo, Charles Newman<br />
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I know I might be prejudiced but I think our show looked great, hung well together and I am proud to be amongst this group of great painters that inspire me and keep me motivated. I have said it many times and will say it here, having a group of fellow artists that are on the same trip, to support and share the joy of being an artist,, even in the hard times and bad days in the studio cannot be overvalued. This show is the result of that love and support. A big thanks to the fellow artists and staff of the Newark Arts Alliance for inviting us to have a show and for being great hosts!<br />
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It was a great night!Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-73599070029814500022015-01-07T12:02:00.000-08:002015-01-07T12:02:26.244-08:00Shows Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We hung our show over the weekend, check out some pics on my <a href="http://drawman.blogspot.com/2015/01/shows-up.html">Blog</a>Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-43226535445423095082015-01-02T14:23:00.000-08:002015-01-02T14:23:37.293-08:00Group show for the PPAP at the Newark Arts AllianceTomorrow the group hangs its show for at the <a href="http://www.newarkartsalliance.org/philadelphia-plein-air-painters/">Newark Arts Alliance</a> which opens next Friday!<br />
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In the past few weeks I have been able to get out and about and paint a bit and enjoy the great fall we have been experiencing here in Philadelphia. In the next week or so I expect we will be at the peak of the fall colors so I will be sure to get back out and try and catch some of them on canvas before they are gone with the wind.</div>
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Last Saturday a big group of Philly painters got together and painted, some going to Eastern State Prison and some going down the the navy Yard in South Philly. My friend Diane Feissel puts the finishing finger touch on her painting along one of the historic cell blocks. Eastern State is a great place to visit as well as paint--however its is very busy as well which at times complicated you painting things are there are so many tourists and they often get in your way for minutes and minutes on end.<br />
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I set up quick deciding to try and cath the light and angle at the end of the cell block, and it was actualy very quite and only a handful of people when I started painting, but about halfway through the crowds really built up and often blocked my view of what I was painting. As usual when painting in a public place i had several interested parties who would stop to chat, comment and ask questions, but unlike most of the time painting elsewhere in Philly, they were nice and not drunk.<br />
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Will and Diane worked in the next cell block over from me.<br />
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<br />This was the result of the first painting which I eventually stopped
due to the light shift and crowds ad then moved on to the yard where I
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with one of the guard towers in about 45 minutes. Having to paint quick
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A few weeks before the eastern State paintout I headed out to Ridley Creek State park near Media with will and another frend an painted there at an old mansion. Another great fall day but I was actually getting cold and shivering a bit towards the end, my hands were freezing!<br />
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There are mant feral cats out there and they sped around and hunted as people walked by. I saw a few chipmunks get eaten by the cats as I painted. They all seemed pretty used to the people but kept their distance as well/<br />
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Once the sun moved too low I had to stop and my hands were really cold with me sitting there so I packed up and went to see what Will and our friend was up to.<br />
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Here is my final painting of the day. Its on a Sourcetek Birch panel and I love to paint on them. I was definitely thing of how Sargent handled many similar scenes and views in his Italian paintings. I felt pretty good about this till I got home and looked at some Sargents to compare---oh well, there is always next time!Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-42950120533971451242014-09-15T08:49:00.001-07:002014-09-15T08:49:29.863-07:00Burlington Plein Air 14You can read up on my recent participation in the <a href="http://drawman.blogspot.com/2014/09/plein-air-burlington-2014.html">Burlington Plein Air </a>event on my <a href="http://drawman.blogspot.com/2014/09/plein-air-burlington-2014.html">Drawman. blog</a><br />
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<br />Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-7176040125981572752014-08-22T20:35:00.000-07:002014-08-22T20:43:14.444-07:00The PAPP at the DuPont Environmental Education Center<br />
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Hello Plein Air enthusiasts, welcome back! I'm trying to catch up on the blog with some of recent plein air outings by the PPAP in and around the Philadelphia area.<br />
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On a fine Saturday about two weeks back William, Jen and I headed down to the <a href="http://www.duponteec.org/"><span class="entity _586o" data-fulltext="DuPont Environmental Education Center" data-group="all" data-icon="null" data-select="group" data-si="true" data-text="DuPont Environmental Education Center" data-type="ent:page" data-uid="101565343250723">DuPont Environmental Education Center</span></a><span data-si="true"><a href="http://www.duponteec.org/"> </a>in Wilmington, for a great day of painting on the beautiful Wilmington River Walk. </span><br />
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<span data-si="true">Will and I drove down from Philly and Jen drove up to meet us as she knows the area better than the both of us as she lives in Delaware. Arriving a bit early Will and I scouted around the area and then Jen suggested we head over to the </span><span class="entity _586o" data-fulltext="DuPont Environmental Education Center" data-group="all" data-icon="null" data-select="group" data-si="true" data-text="DuPont Environmental Education Center" data-type="ent:page" data-uid="101565343250723">DuPont Environmental Education Center, which we did. </span><br />
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<span data-si="true">It was a very sunny day and as we scouted around for painting spots, and we found a lot of great views, the sun started heating things up. So we all were looking for a spot with some shade to avoid getting cooked and there were not a lot of shady spots and the temp had climbed into the upper 80's.</span><br />
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<span data-si="true"> Jen set up on the third floor of the Education Center and Will and myself set up under the walkway which afforded us a great view plus shade. I brought along my new Julian Plein Air unbrella, which really did come in handy to block the sun on me and my canvas--I'm so glad I finally bought myself one.</span><br />
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<span data-si="true">It was just past solar noon as we all hurried to get painting as the sun clock was ticking. As usual we had many onlookers and interested parties as we worked. Poor Will even had some kind of birthday or </span><span data-si="true"><span class="st"><i>Quince Anos party</i> set up for pics and block his view for a while.</span></span><br />
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<span data-si="true"><span class="st">Even though it was a challenge I wanted to paint the old train bridge that crossed the river off the Environmental center. I brought along my old yard stick to use as a mahl stick which helped. And you can even <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKMg-MRLJn8">watch a video</a> I shot of part of my painting process on this painting on my youtube page. </span></span><br />
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A few weeks back some of us PPAP hit a new spot to painting in Havertown at the <a href="http://www.haverfordhistoricalsociety.org/">Lawrence Cabin </a>, which is very similar to the Swedish Cabin that the group has painted at several times, and is located about equal distances from my home.<br />
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Once again Alina found another great painting spot for the group that we could easily visit multiple time to paint. We were joined by a new painting friend Cynthia Taylor Mould who I met through the En Plein Air Facebook group. It turns out we live pretty close and have even painted similar spots like the Swedish Cabin, and along Darby Creek.<br />
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The spot I decided to painting and my easel<br />
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We all met up at the new spot and Alina and I spent some time exploring the cabin and the grounds looking for painting spots. Alina decided to paint up by the cabin as did Cynthia, but I decided to paint down off the grounds looking down on the stream below.<br />
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Cynthia with her lovely painting of the actual cabin<br />
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By the time we started it was close to solar noon and I was aware that soon the light would change as the sun crossed over into afternoon and the shadows would reverse. I really liked the high vantage point looking down onto the stream with the wash and rocks below with a foreground element of the tress in the foreground.<br />
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I set up my basic palette and went to work. I even attempted to film my process but I ended up stopping after a spell as I think I need a better rig or maybe a camera person to aid in the process.<br />
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Alina painting near the cabin and her two sweet little paintings she did.<br />
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I hope weather cooperating I can get back over to the same area this week to try some more painting.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-62553621266381987412014-07-27T14:15:00.000-07:002014-07-27T14:15:15.766-07:00Wandering Kennet Square<br />
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weatherman called for some passing morning storms and sure enough on the
way it poured. But I figured by the time I found a spot to paint the
rain would be over, and it was. I found a few interesting places that i could set up, but
decided to keep going and if nothing else better came up, I'd go back.<br />
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Finally I found it, the Goldilocks spot. With a few drops of rain still falling from the tress I hoped out and walked around a bit to find the best view and then quickly set up and got to painting. This scene had a lot of great dynamics and space, a lot of triangles in the composition which makes the picture-space dynamic. Something close and something distant.<br />
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My Palette colors: Cinnabar Green,Terra Verte, Hansa Yellow, Raw Umber, Mars Yellow deep, Naphthol Scarlet, Gablin Radiant White, Bolat Blue, Blick Violet Pastel <br />
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I blocked in my shapes very loosely and then using a big flat (a No. 16) massed in the biggest shapes until I had the whole composition in big shapes down on the canvas. I was again painting on a Source Tek 12 x 16 canvas panel.<br />
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After I had finished the mass-in I took a break and stepped back to asses the way things were going--and noticed the sky darkening again pretty fast. I hopped to trying to get working again because I didn't know if the storm would blow over or rain me out. I snapped pics in case I had to finish the painting at home.<br />
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It trickled but I kept painting till a sudden burst came and I ran back to the jeep and covered the easel. after about 25-30 minutes the rain passed and I was able to go back and finish the painting. To finish I mostly used my No. 6 Kafka and a No.6 flat, if I got to picky I massed the area and painting back again. I used Liquin fine detail for my medium. But the sun chad finally changesd too much so i stopped<br />
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Creek and Field 12 x 16 Oil<br />
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I'm pretty happy with the result and was really happy to be back out painting from nature--I'll be back out this week!Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-33909079446276337892014-06-29T08:51:00.000-07:002014-06-29T08:51:12.762-07:00The PPAP on Outdoor PainterThe PPAP got a <a href="http://www.outdoorpainter.com/news/painting-gardens-near-philly.html">nice plug</a> on <a href="http://outdoorpainter.com/">Outdoorpainter.com</a> about our outing a few weeks back painting the gardens during the Newark [Delaware] Art Alliance's Garden Tour 2014<br />
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Under clear blue June skies with perfect weather for some plein air painting, the PPAP traveled to Newark Delaware at the invitation of the Newark Art Alliance to paint at their <a href="http://www.newarkartsalliance.org/garden-tour-2014/">2014 Garden Tour</a>. The group of painters Jen Polillo, William and Alina Sentman and myself arrived at the NAA gallery around 11 and meet the director and volenteers and got maps of the 11 gardens that spread across Delaware and up into southern Pennsylnania.<br />
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The Asian Garden<br />
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Since the day was burning away fast we decided to try and scout out the closest gardens and then choose our spots to paint as we had only about three hours to paint. We did loose some time due to heavy traffic on 1-95 coming down due to road closures.<br />
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We started at the gardens on the grounds of President of the University of Delaware and then hit four more local gardens about 5 minutes apart.<br />
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We decided to settle on the last garden we visited and then if time allowed to go back to the President's garden. It would have been great to paint all of the gardens but we would have needed more painters and more time. The tour only lasted till 3pm, so time was burning away fast after we picked our spot. The gardens all looked great but we need a "Goldilocks" spot that could accomidate the four of us and give enough views---and shade! I ordered my easel umbrella but it hasn't arrived yet and with a coudless sky you need some cover to paint and not get burned up. Except for the Presiden's garden most of the gradens we visited didn't offer that much shade.<br />
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We all finally settled on the beautiful garden and home of Julie Wilgen as it had everything we needed, good views, angles and shade, so we set up and got to work. Another benefit of the garden we choose was that there was nice music being played by the Serenata Strings and a cool friendly dog named King Solomon. Mrs. Wilgen was a gracious host and even brought us some water and refreshments.<br />
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I choose an angle where I knew the shadows would not change much and
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Here is apic of me working that Jen took<br />
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It was great time and we hand many on-lookers come by and watch as we painted through the afternoon. The clouds did come in about halfway through and the light changed for a time, but that's just something you have to deal with and plan for.<br />
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The time went quickly and before you know it we were done! We had wanted to go back to the President's garden but the tour was done by the time we were done with our paintings at the Wilgen garden, but I did snap many pictures from the gardens I visited that I can work from if I desire.<br />
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The group will be having a group show at the NAA Gallery in January which will include the work we painted during the garden tour as well as other work.<br />
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We'd like to thank the NAA for inviting us to come and paint during their garden tour and look forward to perhaps doing this again next year.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-11522469386371537242014-05-27T18:36:00.000-07:002014-05-27T18:53:49.362-07:00PPAP Beach Getaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over the Memorial Day weekend the PPAP hit the beach and boardwalk in
Atlantic City for some sun, surf and plein air painting.The weather
couldn't have been better, it was Goldilocks weather both days, and the
beaches were crowded but not as packed as they will be later in the
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The water must still be around 60 degrees and I only dipped into it up to my waste once for about 4-5 minutes before I was chilled to the bone.<br />
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Atlantic City is a fun place to paint and I want to go back and paint off the boardwalk back into the city itself. there are some pretty cool and very Edward Hopperesque buildings and spots to paint.<br />
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It gets kind of dicey pretty quick and the "magic' of the board walk doesn't stretch a block. But its in that area that you can also find interesting spots to paint some very interesting urban scenes. Lots of old and falling away places in AC that might be gone with the next hurricane of some new casino. We came across a very friendly stray cat while coming off the boardwalk and found out he was one of the many alley cats that are taken care of by the cool organization <a href="http://www.alleycat.org/">Alley Cat Allies</a> who look after strays and take care of the many stray cats in Atlantic City and elsewhere.<br />
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The first day Will and Alina took me to a spot they had searched out already since they were staying in AC a few days before me. It was a bit of a hike was a hike to get to the spot with my gear but I had a good view of the pier and waves which increased in intensity as the tide came in. In fact I finished the painting just as the tide swamped over the spot I was in. Not being familiar with the tide we tried to gage how far up the beach it would come.<br />
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Will painted with gouache and set up right near me. I busted out my rig, set up quick, making sure to really push it down in the sand to avoid it getting blown over by the wind, which was pretty stiff at times and having painted off the Delaware I know at any time a sudden blast can sent my whole rig tumbling down.<br />
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We had plenty of onlookers and commenters the whole weekend. I passed out a few business cards as well to some interested folks who I hope will contact me. Its funny, you have basically two types of people, those who stop and admire, even chat a bit and others who will walk right in front of you and block your view like a dullard.<br />
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As always its a race against the sun or clouds, it might start out clear as a bell and in 30 minutes the clouds or marine layer or haze will roll in. You have to plan and try and watch and judge the sky as you work. One the second day Alina rented an umbrella to paint on the beach.<br />
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The first painting was on one of the <a href="http://www.canvaspanels.com/">Source Tek's</a> panels with the awesome <b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Claessens Belgian linen. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">I love these panels! The second panel I used was made by my buddy David Golas, and that was great too.</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><br />
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My set-up at the end of the day as the tide came rushing in.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I took these paintings as an excuse to try and paint water again, and I looked at some Sorolla, Sargent and Zorn. Will brought along some books by them to look at in the evenings back in the hotel.</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It was good to get away for a few days and we'll be back at the easels in the next week somewhere around Philly.</span><br />
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<br />Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-15350617169508208632014-05-23T08:24:00.000-07:002014-05-23T08:24:16.897-07:00Darby Creek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Read about the groups latest painting adventure at Darby Creek over on my <a href="http://drawman.blogspot.com/2014/05/back-to-nature.html">drawman blog</a><br /><br />Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-45499801250769392032014-04-20T10:14:00.001-07:002014-04-20T10:14:46.757-07:00Group Opening at Ed OliversFriday was the official opening of the group show for the PPAP at Ed Oliver's Golf Cub in Wilmington.<br />
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We had a great turn out and we also had lots of family and friends come out since it was a local show, like fellow PAFA Alumni and awesome painter <a href="http://www.davidshevlino.com/">David Shevlino.</a><br />
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It was a great night and full of laughs and art talk. We even cooked up some more ideas for the group and shows and events for the PPAP. Since we are all alumni of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts it was great to share stories from the 80's till now about fellow students and faculty and our time at PAFA.<br />
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With the weather starting to turn nice we are all anxious to get back outside and paint!<br />
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The PPAP will be having a group show at the Ed Oliver Golf Club featuring the work of Alina Osipov Sentman, Charles Newman, Alexandra Thomas, Michael Cole Manley, William Sentman, Cynthia Harvey and Jennifer Polillo. Stop down for our opening reception to meet the artists Friday, April 18th, 6:30 to 8:30. Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-12184077676430916642014-01-22T22:40:00.001-08:002014-01-22T22:45:38.803-08:00BRRRRandywine Plein Air<br />
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This past week along with a bunch of hardy PPAP painters I went back out to paint in the brisk, brisk, OK--FRIGID outdoors along the Brandywine Creek on the grounds of the Brandywine River Museum. The weatherman promised it would be 45 out, but we all know how much the weatherman can lie.<br />
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I don't think it ever got higher than the mid 30's, if that before wind kicked up and the temp dropped into the low 20's and we all felt like that scene in the movie Day After where the super freeze started frosting everything up in sight.<br />
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We started the day by visiting the museum and looking at the great paintings by Pyles, Cornwell and Wyeths and then having some lunch and taking art. After Slugging down one more cup of joe we all headed into the cold to paint.<br />
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Gabriel, who is from LA and attend the MFA at PAFA with me said his feet had never been so cold.<br />
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Alina and will set up down the river from Gabriel and me and Sean set up about 40 yards up from me on the other side. <br />
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I had on 2 pairs of socks, sweat pants under my paints and a thick T and 2 layers of coats. My hands still started to get cold though and my eyes would tear up. It was so cold off the river with the breeze that my phone actually died. I would have snapped more pics but even after I got in the car to try and warm it up it died again. When we were in the museum we were looking at a big painting by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Willis_Redfield">Edward Redfield</a> who was a man's man, going out in all weather to paint plein air every day, carrying his large canvases out into the New Hope area and painting some amazing snow scenes. <br />
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So how can we do any less, we painters of the 21st century? I was thinking how the shorter time and the cold really forces you to have to think. The cold makes you think--makes you think you want to go back inside before you toes burn from frostbite!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOwppQY8qy3NnZWn10CTxbE81ej-45vEElZV6TNAZtUHg3F2zKhAIcps0IoMXruOyEu_qL2atCf4toqXeusK5d0RFppRiJpm00YfvNwe8yxkRbKWUEHqcCtBkBlPBlfpsi2vE7UwLmI8P/s1600/gabriel-painting.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
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The paint behaves different too it get thicker and sluggish so I did use liquin fine detail to cut it and keep it flowing.<br />
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of the good things about returning to a place you have painted before
you spend less time choosing a spot to paint. I love that rusty old
train bride so i went for that, it was pretty sunny when we started but
by the time we got going the clouds came in and it became very grey.
Then the sun blasted out after the wind came through and I was able to
finally punch back into the bed of middle values with some color and
lighter values to catch the sun.<br />
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When the sun came through it not only cleared the clouds away it also
launched Alina's painting into the river which Will was just able to
save before it was wept away as an offering to the Paint Gods.<br />
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Sean's strong block-in <br />
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Here is my start<br />
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I was trying to keep it to big simple shapes and would keep re-massing if I got too picky too soon, Finally with my hands to cold to paint anymore I packed it in along with the rest of the crew. It was a fun day that gave us some good results.<br />
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Alina's bold little painting after it's bath. Williams striking bold little painting<br />
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My final painting. The sun coming back out really helped punch some light and color back into the landscape that i was able to work quick to take advantage of.<br />
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Last weekend I got out to finally paint plein air after a busy month of school and commercial gigs. I really wish I had gone the week before since there would have been more color as that one week had a biggest wet/cold snap and most of the color was gone in a 2-3 day period.<br />
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There was still more colorful trees in the city or around my area as it hasn't been quite as cold here as it gets in the countryside like the Brandywine.<br />
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I set up trying to use a tree to block the wind and i also liked the long view it gave me.</div>
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Alina set up on the ground, being low in the wind I think was a wise choice<br />
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Here is my rough-in and after I got the ground in the sky suddenly changed with the advancing front so i had to rework it quick as the wind pushed in clouds.<br />
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Here is Shawn's block in, he said even though the light had changed he was staying with his original block-in.<br />
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Will was across from em painting the same trees and field but decided to face the elements with his pochade box, which is much heavier than my French easel.</div>
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Alina and will were probably both smarter than me and decided to do smaller paintings. Me, I decided to do an 18 x 24 canvas. <br />
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But it was a good day to get out anyway and our group of Will, Alina and Shawn made the most of it. I had been down through this area in the summer when it was really crowded with families, hikers, etc. It's right off the Brandywine Creek and near an old Indian trail the N C Wyeth and Frank Schoonover used to take from Howard Pyle's house. It was pretty windy so the view I really wanted to paint would have been impossible with the French Easel. It was really hard as it was after about 20 minutes as it seemed a cold front was moving in and the winds really started gusting. At times I literally was holding the whole rig down with my left arm and painting with my right--but eventually the wind which must have been gust to at least 25 MPH lifted and tossed my whole rig over, painting, paint, terps--all of it.<br />
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My phone also died or I would have taken more pictures. That could front also dramatically changed the light as it went from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy in less than 20 -30 minutes. But these are just the issues you have to deal with painting out doors and the unpredictability of Mother Nature. So after the wind slapped my easel and painting down and only a tiny amount of terps left I righted the rig and had to make some bold choices. I had plenty of Liquin, so I grabbed my biggest flat and went at the painting figuring I had nothing to loose now and about 20 minutes before the light was totally gone. In the end I was happy with what I ended up with as a painting even though it might not have been the painting I originally planned or thought of. I was forced to make bolder choices and that I feel was a good thing and in a way reflected the day, windy, cold and very November.<br />
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My hands were freezing by the end and everybody was pretty cold so we packed it up and headed back to Will and Alina's for burgers and soup! MMMM Good! Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620595523912501029.post-58786160939527471822013-10-01T09:11:00.001-07:002021-12-23T19:34:15.711-08:00The Woodbury FAF Arts Festival<br />
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The PPAP was invited to participate in the 2nd annual <a href="http://thefaf.net/">FAF Festival</a> hosted by the City of Woodbury, NJ, just a hop over the bridge from Philly. Jacqualynn Knight, the Creative Director contacted me a few weeks ago and was excited to invite the group of us over to plein air paint in the churches and scenes live as the event as it happened on Saturday and gave us a spot to display our work on Sunday. It was a great time and great weather and a great opportunity to paint and talk to a lot of people.<br />
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Saturday we all arrived around 9-ish and signed in and then moved over to Braod Street and found spots to start painting. I was incredibly beautiful weather wise and a perfect day to paint. Jenn Polillo and Alexandra Thomas and I set up to paint the Memorial United Methodist Church, while William Sentman and Alina Osipove moved off to paint another church around the corner. Niloofar Gholamrezaei, who is in the MFA with me at PAFA set up in the parking lot behind the church.<br />
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Jennifer set up near our table and showed us a great painter's stance as she worked away on her first painting.<br />
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Here is my painting of the Methodist Church, I had to work quick and had a lot of people come over and watch me work and ask me a lot of questions about my work and hat I do, if I do this all the time. I find it so funny that people always ask the same questions, "Are you and artist?" and "Are you painting that?" I am always tempted to answer NO to both!</div>
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Later in the day after lunch we all switched places to start more paintings. The shadows started to grow and the light was so great, but the time to get something down was really short, in 15 minutes the light at this time of day changes a lot of things.<br />
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My second painting was pretty much a wash, but that's the way it goes painting outside. We wrapped it up and all went home pretty charged and also pretty beat from a long day of painting outside. Plein Air painting is a weird combo of relaxation and intense concentration at times as you have to race and make decisions as the light can suddenly change and then you have to decide what you are going to do--change and race the light or use your memory.</div>
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Niloofar did a a great little painting, she had a better idea than I did.</div>
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Sunday Niloofar and I showed up about 8:30 and set up over by the train station and went to work. I love Woodbury, it has a very Edward Hopper type feel to it, these old buildings are such a joy to paint and have such personality. I set up and went straight at it---and I felt a lot more in sync and also maybe not having my concentration broken by a crowd helped too.<br />
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I did take a break and walk down the train tracks a way. I love tracks like this and the smell of the <span class="st">diesel oil takes me right back to being a kid wandering the train tracks by my house in Detroit.</span><br />
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A few trains did come by as Niloofar and I painted which was great.</div>
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I was almost done here and then it got pretty cloudy and suddenly the light changed, and it was near noon, when we were all supposed to meet up and set up our paintings to display.<br />
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We set up our table and easels and ate lunch ready for an afternoon in the festival. The FAF comped us a table so that was great!<br />
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My final stage of my railroad painting, I had a great time with this and really want to paint this spot again! It had been well over a month since I had a chance to get back out and paint plein air--and boy did i miss it! i feel very recharged by it and hanging with my great friends and great painters!<br />
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Jennifer had to take off early but therest of us held down the fort till the end of the event at 4pm, then we packed it up and headed out. It was great time and we are all really happy and thankful to Jacqualynn Knight and The FAF and hope to return to Woodbury soon to paint it's quaint buildings and landscapes again soon.<br />
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The PPAP once agani gathered to paint on the rooftop of our friend Kathrine's apartment on Pine Street in Philly. The dog days of summer, or the Pittbull days or August have been replaced by the Poodle days, at least the past few days. I have been mostly painting at home the past month due to work and the crazy weather. Often it was just too darn hot to get out and paint. I tried it in the heat and did get along for a time, but I always ended up having to pack it in becase of the weather. They say this is the wettest summer on record in Philly. I believe it--we had a huge storm this week which was flooding the region all over the, place including an F 0 tornado in Jersey. So like a few month's back Kat invited everybody to come over and paint off of the roof of her apartment which offers awesome views of the city to paint. I decide because of the time allowed and the wind to paint on a small 12 x 12 Ampersand panel. I did finish up the painting at home, adding a few little touches and especially reworking the chimney a bit. <br />
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Here is my setup--ready to go!<br />
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You can see the process of Alina's painting in these two photos. they were smarter than me and stayed in teh shade.<br />
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Aaron working on his first view for the day, but after his model left he ended up changing his view.<br />
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As people came and went David Wilson showed up to race the sun and set up next to Alina.<br />
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I had to stop it here as for one thing without and umbrella of coverage I was totally baked by this point and my eyes were done from fighting the glare.<br />
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Lexi sketching away in her drawing pad like Kathrine and Narcissa did. That's the cool thing about these paint-outs, people come ,go and do whatever, from watercolors to pencils sketches, ballpoint pen to oils.<br />
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It was just a glorious day and the sunset was just amazing! We all stayed late and ordered some pizza and watched the sun go down and the moon come up, what a great day!<br />
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To celebrate my Independence day I didn't fight aliens, go to the movies , BBQ or watch any fireworks, instead I cruised around the Brandywine area hunting painting spots and eventually setting up to paint until the sun drove me back inside and back home. I scouted around for a good while driving the back roads around the Brandywine area off of Route 100 and Route 92. I found so many awesome spots to paint- however so often they were on roads where there was no parking spot, no place to stop and set up to paint. A few spots I found the state troops cleared me off and said I couldn't park there. I think being on a motorcycle would be a great thing to have for spots like this--but I don't trust driving motorcycle--they are too deadly around these parts.<br />
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The good thing is even thought there were a lot of spots I couldn't stop I took about 400 photos I can work with and noted spots I can go back to. It was hot for sure and the air conditioning in my car needs a recharge, so it was a hot ride in spots. but driving down these small winding roads there was a nice cool breeze in the shade. Eventually I stumbled upon Delaware State Park and drove in there and found a spot to paint. the trouble was there was no shade. So I put on some sun screen and my new hat that I grabbed at target, which is great for painting in the sun. i really need to get an umbrella for painting and I guess that will be my next purchase.<br />
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I knew I'd last maybe 90 minutes tops in the sun with the heat just beating on me, so iIworked fast and snapped pics as I knew I'd be finishing this in the studio.<br />
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This was my start and below I snapped another process shot. My eyes kept filling with sweat and it was hard after a while to judge the values a bit. I did take a break and sit back in the shade on the car for a spell to give my eyes a rest.<br />
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I got things blocked in in around an hour or less and called it quits. But I got what I wanted which was my eyes and my sense of the space, colors, atmosphere. I snapped a few more pics and headed back home.<br />
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After a shower a siesta and some dinner I worked from the pictures I snapped and finished up the painting in about 3 hours. It was one of the best 4th of July's I have ever had!<br />
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