Oil Painting & Drawing

Sand Castle Lesson taught by Mark Landrum, the Port A Sandcastle Guy. North Padre Island, Texas

This month I got to do a little en plein air painting on the beach! Painting under such conditions is both a great way to pair painting swatches and adjust your colors, tones and saturations, but also a very messy process. The coastal wind, intense sunshine, and misting sand all interfere. If you don't find a remote location or time curious beachgoers will also lure around to distract you. I like to go to Padre Island National Seashore which is part of our National Park Servi