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Summer is a great time for outdoor painting even though in this region it can be a little too hot and sometimes even brutal like last week, still, there are cooler places like the upper Galilee where some of my good friends are living.
This video here is actually from last year but nothing much ha changed since then and what is in this clip is still relevant.
I am preparing an article about the landscape painting and about the need to restore the lost dialog between Nature and Man , so meanwhile here is just a little glimpse into a part of my process that is based on some intuitive searching for interesting places and luckily for me, some of them are actually in the backyards of remarkable people who also happen to be my good friends. Here in the front open porch of Hadar and Yaakov, who’s house and guest rooms situated on the very edge of the this beautiful village of Kerem Ben Zimra , I am sketching in watercolor, looking for a concept that would allow me to get into the landscape with more than just copying the scenery. I have to return to this place and find a new entry, since the last attempt was not so successful, aside from the fact that painting outdoors, is always a very pleasant activity, especially when spoiled with good coffee and beer from the fridge.
Maybe I shall return to the place in the very near future.
