Playing chauffeur to a conference in Irvine scored me a free room and two days to paint in Laguna. This is one of the trails in Crystal Cove State Park. On my map, the trail was called, “Poles.”
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Crystal Cove Beach Painting
Started en plein air (outside on the sand) in Crystal Cove, California.
Laguna Canyon Landscape 2
Laguna’s a great place to hike since you’ve got cool breezes from the ocean almost all the time. Also, a great place to paint for this same reason.
Laguna Canyon Landscape Painting
A great place to hike in Laguna Beach.
Dana Point Beach Painting
I think this is the last one from my Dana Point/ Laguna painting trip, except for a beach study I didn’t finish.
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Laguna Beach Painting, California Wildflowers
Yellow wildflowers on the bluffs overlooking Crystal Cove.
Sunset in Laguna Beach
A plein air work from my recent trip to Laguna Beach. I’d planned this one as just a color study of the softening light towards evening, but I like the tranquil mood of the completed painting.
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Crystal Cove Beach Cottage Painting
Afternoon in Crystal Cove, Laguna Beach.
Laguna Beach Painting
Sunny Day in Laguna. I got really interested in the complicated shape of this rock, weathered into bulges and grooves.
Laguna Beach Painting
Springtime in Laguna Beach, with the bluffs dotted with wildflowers.
Monarch Beach Painting, Dana Point California
Monarch Beach in Dana Point, California. I did a few open air paintings up and down the coast that day, and this studio painting is based on one of those.
Crystal Cove Painting, Laguna Beach
Another from my recent trip to Laguna Beach- this is the Crystal Cove park, looking east away from the water and towards the mountains.
Crystal Cove Painting
Just got back from 2 days painting in Laguna Beach. This one’s from Crystal Cove.
Laguna Beach Plein Air
This might be a color study only or maybe I’ll finish it tomorrow. The light in Laguna and the water colors are different from San Diego, so I wanted to focus on capturing the changing light effects in a series of quick studies.
Crystal Cove Laguna Beach
This day in Laguna Beach had incredible light and atmosphere- clear glassy water and a dramatic dark blue cloudy sky.