Violets #2, oil, 10x10 inches ©2020 Barbara Benedetti Newton Block-in of color Darks Lights Last week I dug out my vin...

Sweetpeas with Lime, oil, 14x11 inches ©2020 Barbara Benedetti Newton Just off the easel this Saturday morning.

Our blueberries are beginning to ripen which I find amazing since we have had so little sun. They remind me of the first colored pencil artw...

On the easel this morning, another virtual plein air with the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists. This time, the Hoh river. I pan, zoo...

On the easel this morning, "Skyline Trail," from a virtual plein air paint-out with Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists last ...

Still on the easel this morning, as it has been all week, is "Oh Happy Day." This has been a two steps back, one step forward pa...

It is a rainy June Saturday morning here in the Pacific Northwest. A good day to paint! On the easel this morning is the larger version of ...

A couple things today: Double checking my painting Discovery of Ruby Violet Light Last night when I left the studio I was thinki...

These days, while self-isolating, I've been spending mornings in the studio and afternoons in the gardens (flower and vegetable). ...

So....I'm working on a painting with three Glassybabys. (I Googled "What is the plural of Glassybaby?" and got nothing. You k...

Kathleen emailed me to ask about the color bars in my last post. I have added a new label to my Art Journal blog so you can search by...

If you follow this blog, you have seen previous posts about this Paint-Along I began using a friend's reference photo of the blossoming ...

Here are the oil colors I'll be using for this paint-along: Titanium White, Cad Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Cad Orange, Cad Red,, Alizarin...

Here are excerpts from my texts to my helpful neighbors, Marci and Corrin as they prepare to take reference photos for me to use. The...