WIP : Lay-in for Plein-Air Large Oil Painting
Posted on November 13, 2009
‘Semillion – Labadie, Monbazillac’
Large Size Oil on Canvas
81 x 65 cm (approx 26 x 32 inches)
©adam cope
Lay-in for Plein-Air Large Oil Painting

This lay-in was done quickly, painting into the sunset. I knew that I’d not finish in one plein-air session & thus some of time-pressure was off. What’s the point of being rushed & thus making paintings that look all rushed & frentic?
I’m hoping to get the plein-air part finished this evening. Which is why I deliberately left the sky unworked … sod’s law, actually I quiet like the overcast mid-tone grey. Still the weather will dictate to me this evening. Clear skies with cirrus clouds this morning. That’s beyond my control (thankfully).
Red Vines
Posted on October 22, 2008
Lou Plantou – etude
Posted on November 21, 2007
2 Rangs de Malbec- finished state
Posted on November 21, 2007
oil on canvas
36 x 48 cm (8F)
wip = work in progree
alla prima = first take, one session, finished in one go
pein-air = sur la motif, sur la vif, on location, on the spot , from observation in the field, sometimes called wrongly called ‘impressionism’ as the Impressionist are the bets known school of plein-air painters.
On finishing plein-air oil paintings
Last Autumn Leaves – vines in autumn
Posted on November 11, 2007
oil on panel
6 figure (french format) 41 x 33 cm
© The Artist.
200 euros
Blue skies, sun shine through the vines, the last saturated glow of this autumn, one of the sunniest that I’ve known.
2 Rangs de Malbec – UNFINISHED STATE
Posted on November 6, 2007
oil on canvas
36 x 48 cm (8F)
sold
my fauvist desires
14 Rangs de Cabernet Franc – tableau de vignoble – painting of vines
Posted on October 28, 2007
Oil on Canvas
25 F (81 x 65 cm, 32 x 26 inches approx)
© The Artist.
SOLD
alla prima plein-air painting
This is a one-take, alla prima plein-air piece. It’s a work in progress, as don’t yet know if it’s finished or not – or if it needs some fermenting in the studio. Let it rest a bit, methinks ……. fast slow fast slow slow off on off on, the deeper work happens at it’s own pace.
Le Rayon, Monbazillac – 1999
Posted on October 26, 2007
Watercolour.
40 x 27cm
© The Artist.
Raincloud over Monbazillac
Posted on October 26, 2007
Watercolour.
33 x 24cm
© The Artist.
St Aubin de Cadelech
Posted on October 25, 2007
29 x 42cm (16 x 11,5 inches).
© The Artist.
sold
The vines are going shaggy with the spell of bright days & frosty nights these last seven days or so. Their leaves turning brown crispy then falling off, whilst others give up their last grasp with a spectacular colour show of reds & golds. The neat rows of vines with ier summer haircuts all trim are going wild & spikey, like punk rockers, their hair all rebel. It is at this time that the wild trailing nature of the vine is loosen from it’s trellising & training & disciplining. In a month’s time, the annual task of pruning will begin & the cycle will start over again.