Oil Painting – Francesca Droll

Strada Easel Challenge Completed

Just for fun I put together this image of all [...]

Having three days in a row painting outside was wonderful! [...]

Day 26 #stradaeasel This morning I awoke to a [...]

Day 25 #stradaeasel I was keeping one eye on [...]

Day 22 #stradaeasel Spoiler alert! More tulips but I [...]

Day 21 #stradaeasel Today was a fun day painting [...]

On day 12, I posted an unfinished painting of citrus. [...]

Day 20 #stradaeasel We woke up before dawn to a [...]

Moving into the second half of the month, truth be [...]

Day 16 #stradaeasel I'm officially halfway through the challenge—hurrah! Today [...]

In Celebration of Giorgio
In Celebration of Giorgio, 10” x 8”, pastel Today, I’m honoring Giorgio Dimichina with a small painting of shasta daisies and lavender from my garden. Giorgio, and his wife Susan, were my parents’ neighbors for well over 2 decades. His kindness and generosity in helping my parents in their senior years was one of many […]
A Meadow Walk
“A Meadow Walk”, 9” x 12”, pastel Even a nondescript meadow here in Montana is a thing of beauty when the light creates shadow patterns. As you can see by the reference photo, I used my artistic license to rework the background so that it has more interest but the focus is on the light […]
Somers’ Poppies
Somers Poppies, 9” x 12”, original pastel I had an opportunity to paint plein air at a local historic home in Somers. I landed on these joyful poppies in the yard as my inspiration. With the sunlight filtering through, some interesting patterns of shadow and highlight were created. As you can see, the light pattern […]