266 266a 270 Painting from Life including a corgi

I am combining a couple of paintings in the one post. All of these 4 x 6 oils were painted from life. The first painting is of our male corgi, Throop.  He came into the studio where I was putting the finishing touches on a painting and decided to sleep. It seems that whenever you are painting a candid subject, (where no is posing but you are capturing what is happening around you) your subject always waits until you are at the decisive point of the painting and then changes position or just leaves. Throop did just that, got up moved to another part of the studio. After I finished painting, he came back and laid down in the original spot and back to sleep.

This happens with just about every subject. From people sitting at a cafe table for two hours and then suddenly get up and leave to cows in a field who will all move out of the sunlight to the shade at one time.

Here is Throop.

Sleeping Corgi

4 x 6 Oil on linen panel

$100. shipping included

This next painting was started at an outdoor cafe where I had set up and was painting the scenes around me. As mentioned above, this group suddenly got up and left. I didn't see where I could go with what I had so the panel was wiped clean for another paintng.

The second painting on the panel was of four young women getting together for coffee. I began painting as soon as they sat down and quickly got the basic shapes. Then the shadows and highlights and this painting was done. They didn't leave but constantly changed positions and yes, the girl with the sunglasses was that tall.

Sunday Morning Coffee

5 x 7 oil on linen panel

$100. shipping included

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Continue on this journey with me and see what's in store for tomorrow.

Stephen Filarsky - Plein Air Painter http://www.1hundredpaintings.blogspot.com/ http://www.sfilarsky.com/ http://www.portraitsnc.com/

235 Sunday Concert in the Park

Sunday in the Park. An afternoon concert in the open air. I have my easel and canvas set up amongst the crowd and am painting the people watching the show. This must be how the impressionists felt, outside painting people enjoying themselves.

Sunday-Concert in the Park

4 x 6 Oil on Canvas

$100. shipping included

You can now see an overview of the first one hundred paintings on one page at

One Hundred Paintings Overview

Each painting is an original, one of a kind. Once it's sold, it is gone. Click on the button above to pay with paypal or credit card.Or contact me directly at: steve at sfilarsky.com

A donation to Danny and Ron's Rescue will be made for every painting sold.

Continue on this journey with me and see what's in store for tomorrow.

Stephen Filarsky - Plein Air Painterhttp://www.1hundredpaintings.blogspot.com/http://www.sfilarsky.com/http://www.portraitsnc.com/

4. Painting the Old Roses at the Pasture

Today's paintings is of Old Roses on a Pasture Gate. Let me tell you the story of how this painting came to be.

When painting outdoors, the weather can play a significant role in my plans. Take today for example, originally I was headed out of town to paint. But weather forecasts for off and on showers all day with thunderstorms in the late afternoon made me reconsider. My second choice of location was a nearby farm where I was working on paintings of some of the barns for the owner. The barns wouldn't get sunlight until the afternoon, and two of them not until after 5:00pm. The morning was cloudy, then sunny, then a clap of thunder, then sunny. I waited for the rain. At 1:00pm it came. At 1:15 it was gone. The sun came out. A hot humid day. I watched the clouds building and building throughout the afternoon. Obviously, we would be having some major thunderstorms later.

To drive across town to paint the barns was now nixed. They were closer than my original destination, but still a 45 minute drive. So the heck with it. I had loaded my easel into the car earlier in the morning. I went and got itout of the car and looked around the yard. The wild roses and Old Roses where blooming. Honeysuckle on the fences and daisies and buttercups out in the field. I decided to set up under the shade of the Sycamore tree. In front of me was the gate to our front pasture. It isn't used that much, and the wild roses and the himalayan musk roses were climbing up around it. The sunlight was shining on the gate. As I got out my brushes it seemed that the humidity dropped, the air cleared and the breeze brought the scent of the roses. The hot summer day became a wonderful spring afternoon. I got down to painting...

Old Roses at the Pasture Gate

4x6 oil on canvas

SOLD

All of these paintings are for sale, priced at $100. including shipping. Each painting is an original, one of a kind. Once it's sold, it is gone. Click on the button above to pay with paypal or credit card. Or contact me directly at

steve at sfilarsky.com

Remember: I will be donating to Danny and Ron's Rescue for every painting that is sold.

Don't forget to check back tomorrow to see the next painting