Snowed in!

Snowed in!©2018

I would say half the country has been snowed in this past week , well that was me at my son's house last week. I made sure I brought my sketchbook with me,  while we got about 15 inches, I was comfortable doing was I do best, a pen in my hand and a sketchbook!
Just added a little color with the American flag !
please check all my available work on my blog or daily painters! many need a home.
email me:  nlcasey@charter.net 

Dunstable farm

Dunstable farm ©2018
#2 sketch
I was on my way back from the studio a couple days ago  and this very familiar farm I see daily said, please sketch me today! I love when my sketches are from that moment when it hits me like i have to do this now, so I did! a sketch is really a simple drawing and not trying to do every details, it can be a challenge for me as I love details .  Adding the white gouache gives you that cold feeling of the moment .
These sketches are in my book , but if you look at this blog, I have plenty paintings who need a home, so feel free to email me if you see some  you like .
nlcasey@charter.net

First sketch of the year !

From my window
©2018 Nita Leger Casey
First I would like to wish all my followers a Happy New year! I think I have been blogging for 11 years now, how is that possible? where did the time go!
This past year has been a tough one for me after loosing my husband. I didn't get to blog that much, so many things I had to attend too.  I couldn't of made it without my wonderful family and my very supportive wonderful artists  friends.
Well we started this year with this very cold weather, and still going with a storm at our doorsteps . I wanted to challenge myself  with a new start with just sketching this month ,so here is the first one done from my window, enjoy!
more to come...  

Sepia sketch

watercolor sketch

copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

Today I was on duty for gallery sitting  at a special Francophonie exhibit in Nashua ,NH.  I wanted to do something to pass the time and brought my paints with me just to sketch a little, I had no pencil to draw, just decided to use my brush and use a sepia color, it came out better than I expected, sketching is always fun to do, it is a French farm house one of my nephew restored years ago.
Thank you for all the people who gave me comforting words about my chickens ,I do miss them ! 

sketch #2 of Maryland trip

watercolor (c)2011,by Nita Leger Casey   sold
This sketch was done from my  kitchen window at my son's house , I was having my breakfast when all I could see was these beautiful shadows across the street, so the sketch book came out at that time ,I think I captured the scene the way I wanted .This afternoon I took Carson and we went for a photo shoot of all the beautiful farm around,we had a lot of fun finding some beautiful places , laundry lines with Monday's wash ,cows sheep and lots of duck and Geese .
 He said on our way back ,it was a lot more fun then I thaugh .he took 75 photos ,he is 7 years old

Down East cottage by the sea, copyrighted 2009by Nita Leger Casey
6x8 watercolor

Another one of my Maine cottages , when I am painting with my friends in Maine , they all call theses cottages or houses , a Nita house , because I am so attracted to all those houses , i always see a painting , most of my friends paint the ocean , the rocks ,the boats , and I paint all the old houses with some character and charm . I have lots of houses in Maine with my name on it, so to speak! email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Washing day at the cottage , copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey
watercolor 4x7

Another sketch from my collection of summer quick sketches on location , I always like to work a small one before attacking a larger view, I can work out my composition or problems with colors , actually when I was done with this larger one , it completely looked different , it is sort of a warm up ,with watercolor you want to be sure , oils I just wipe out . This week being very busy , I am posting these little gems from my sketches .

Example of a House Portrait Commission , watercolor copyrighted

A busy week end , between snow storms ,cleaning the house and a birthday party , not much time to paint!
Just posting a House portrait ,and wanted to remind collectors , I gladly accept commissions of someones home , always an excellent gift for a parent a neighbor who is moving , a church for a wedding present , a vacation home etc...email me nlcasey@charter.net

Cold Spring cottage , copyrighted 2008

The weather has gone crazy in parts of the states , Snow! Oh no ,not yet, fall is not over!
Well tonight I painted this nice fall scene in front of an audience at the Chelmsford Art Society, it went very well , I also talked about blogging and many other art related things , I could of talked all night with a very nice group of artists .
6x12 oil on canvas , Email nlcasey@charter.net

Sketch of Historic house in Hagerstown

Just a sketch today, but took a lot of nice photos of the area ,all the trees are just beautiful , Spring is a beautiful time of year!
watercolor in sketchbook, 8x10
This is my grandson Carson who loves to paint with watercolors ,he will be the next genaration artist , we painted together today.

On the easel , in progress While being at the gallery, I started this painting , I am at the beginning stage with the hard pastel blocking in some of the colors , establishing my lights and dark , the scene is of a house next to the gallery. The rhododendrons are so nice now! but I will paint them last.
stay tune!
11x14 pastel in progress.

Still away from the studio ,having a wonderful time with the family and sketching also taking a lot of photos ,today I took a ride to the beautiful fields of Maryland and Pennsylvania, with it's farms and silos,so many place to paint .

This sketch is from the front door of my son's house. I love all the different style houses in this area.

sketch with charcoal and watercolor 8x10 ,for a future painting.

Busy today with the family, but managed to do a quick sketch from the window, it snowed all day yesterday,it was very pretty this morning with this fresh cost of snow , I never have visited this area when they had snow,this afternoon we took a drive to west Virginia,visited some old Friends,beautiful country side perfect for plein air painters.

this is just a trial working from the laptop away from the studio .Just a sketch!