5th June 2024: Painting Landscape in Oils with Maria Rose
Thanks Chris, for these photos and for the write-up.
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Maria Rose is part of the UK's growing plein air movement, with a contemporary take on the great British landscape painting tradition.

​Working predominently in oils, Maria works mostly outside in the elements, letting nature and the seasons guide her, attempting to capture the essence of a place or a moment in time.

https://mariarose.co.uk/

Maria provided a fascinating demonstration of how to build up a record of a scene that she had previously painted in situ. It was a lovely spot in the upper tidal reaches of the River Dart at Sharpham, looking towards Totnes and beyond to Dartmoor.

A photo of the view​

If painting plein air you need to travel light and Maria uses a limited yet versatile palette for speed of working. Two hours is usually long enough out in the elements.
She began with a quick compositional outline in a mix of raw umber and ultramarine and white, on MDF board using a small filbert and gradually built up areas with a mind to tonal values.

We watched mesmerised as Maria brought the scene into vivid life with the transformation of golden diagonals of sunlight on the scene.

And then Maria used a rigger to add many details to the scene. Apologies that the final photo is not in better focus.

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