Painting Terms Archives – Francesca Droll

What is Plein Air?

I love painting outdoors…in painter-speak this is called “Plein Air”, [...]

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 […]