by Stefan Baumann | Feb 27, 2014 | All Posts, Art of Painting Posts, National Parks Posts
“Yellowstone Geyser, Primary Sketch” by Stefan Baumann Three Keys to Plein Air Success, Inspiration, Composition & Application, Part 2 Inspiration As demonstrated by painting a geyser in Yellowstone National Park, an artist must first be...
by Stefan Baumann | Feb 25, 2014 | All Posts, Art of Painting Posts, National Parks Posts
“Yellowstone Geyser, Opus 1” by Stefan Baumann Inspiration, Composition & Color Application, Part 1 When I begin a painting on location, my main objective is to capture the subject in as little time as possible, and when painting a geyser, the...
by Stefan Baumann | Feb 10, 2014 | All Posts, Art of Painting Posts
Golden Mean, The Divine Proportion, Golden Ratio, PHI = 1.618 The ability to create appealing compositions is at the heart of painting original pieces of art. Though there is very little written about the Golden Ratio, artists who can powerfully work with the Golden...
by Stefan Baumann | Nov 11, 2013 | All Posts, Art of Painting Posts, Plein Air Posts
“Mount Shasta Dogwood Blossoms” by Stefan Baumann Let’s talk about methods for creating movement in your paintings. I painted this composition of “Mount Shasta Dogwood Blossoms” outdoors from my deck. When I composed this painting, I...
by Stefan Baumann | Sep 26, 2013 | All Posts, National Parks Posts
We continue our travels to Yellowstone after spending the night at Peek Ranch, a private horse ranch on the border of west Idaho traveling up the Snake River. It is the same route that the Louis and Clark expedition followed as he and a team of explorers,...
by Stefan Baumann | Sep 21, 2013 | All Posts
Journal Entry, Sept. 21 2013 Our journey takes us east, down to the Snake River County and passed Alvord Lake following the same trail that Peter Skene in the Ogden party of 1828 traveled when he led a team of the Hudson Bay Company trappers through this same country...
