by Tracy Algar | Jan 28, 2023 | Process, Workshops
What are the reasons to use a limited palette? And what limited palette can I use for landscapes? My limited palette of Zellen artists’ oil paint. Firstly, I’m a plein air oil painter, so I don’t paint in a studio very often. I carry my studio on my back, which...
by Tracy Algar | Apr 6, 2022 | Process
This is the whole process of creating this oil original painting, from plein air pencil sketch to final studio painting. My inspiration: I was surprised by this painting. I wasn’t expecting much when I drove down to the river on a windy evening in March to find...
by Tracy Algar | Jan 4, 2022 | Process
© Tracy Algar, Wandelpad 2. Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 cm. Wandelpad #2 quantity Add to cart Wandelpad #2 is a plein air painting that I painted on the Stanford Wandelpad in spring last year I’d been anticipating this painting outing for a while. I’d scouted...
by Tracy Algar | Nov 26, 2021 | Process
At the time I started painting this little Stanford landscape, I was walking this path daily. It’s a few month’s later as I post this here, and my Wandelpad walks have slacked off a bit. The past few months have been a time of tumultuous change, something...
by Tracy Algar | Aug 13, 2021 | Process
The Dip, Stanford – Oil on canvas – 30x30cm – ZAR 1,150 I’ve been thinking about painting the dip for a while, and I think I’ll be painting it again. It’s so very Stanford, one of the entrances to the Wandelpad, and a favourite...