Showing posts with label a la prima painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a la prima painting. Show all posts

Winter Painting in New York
Monday, March 5, 2018

Getting in contact and painting in real winter!

To someone who is used to painting outdoors most of the time in T-shirts and shorts, painting in New York this winter was an outstanding experience at all levels.
First I had to learn that dressing as a regular winter tourist is not enough. Standing still for several hours on the street in temperatures around 0 c and lower is very uncomfortable if not dangerous when you are not dressed accordingly.
I have quickly learned about layers, hand warmer pads, ear muffs, leg warmers, insulated boots and added words like "balaclava" to my vocabulary.

Then, the challenge was  capturing the wonderful atmosphere on my canvas!
In such low temperatures I had the opportunity to paint sunny, rainy and snowy days  in oil and soft pastels as well.
I have already posted some on my Facebook profile and I will post some more here. I hope you enjoy the images and watching the short videos.






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Getting ready for Christmas - Rua Visconde de Ouro Preto
Monday, December 16, 2013

Colorful Christmas
Unlike the Northern hemisphere, our Christmas is not white. At this time of the year Flamboyants are in full blossom contrasting with the luxuriant green of the mango trees, and other species of our flora all over city streets. Summer announces its arrival with strong and brief thunderstorms that washes the vegetation turning it greener.
This bucolic street is naturally getting ready for the party, under a blossoming jasmine tree, I opened my easel inspired by the light bathing the last old houses in the district of Botafogo.
                                       
                                 
                                          Rua Visconde de Ouro Preto - Sandra Nunes -o/c 55 x 63 cm


                  Thanks to a neighbor who took some pictures of me from his window since my arrival . Later on I learned he was a friend of mine! We never know who is watching us...

Merry Christmas!

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Igreja da Candelária
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Urban scenes portray a special poetry. I love to watch the movement of people downtown on a weekday,  it is difficult to find a spot to open the easel and do not turn into a kind of an "information bureau",  though. 
Oh well, that´s part of the game...

                                           Candelaria Church -sandra nunes- o/c 46x38 cm


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Urca, Autumn Light
Saturday, April 6, 2013


The lush colors of the flowers on the facades set an exquisite contrast with the bare tree trunks!

Urca, Autumn light - sandra nunes -
oil on linen 65x 46 cm

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After the rain !
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Watching the sky after the heavy rain at the end of the day has been a breathtking experience.

                                          After the rain- Sandra Nunes -o/p 16 x 22 cm


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