The challenges of painting outdoors! 🌬🌨☀️ With things like crazy wind chill, bugs flying into my palette, and unpredictable lighting, why am I driven to paint outdoors?🥶 I rarely regret painting outdoors, even when it's challenging. The result is always a painting that truly reflects the colors in nature, which is worth every bit of effort and discomfort of painting outdoors. 🏆 The valuable lessons I learn from plein air painting (painting outdoors) are invaluable to the other paintings I make at home. When doing a painting of the Niagara River from home, for example, I reflect back on my experiences outdoors to help me paint the color faithfully. Photos alone are not enough - they're often oversaturated and don't match colors realistically. Luckily, I have my memory and all my completed plein air paintings to guide me. All the heavy layers of clothes, lugging painting supplies, shifting locations for lighting problems....it's worth it. I might get annoyed in the moment, but only for a minute - I know that the result will be worth it. That gives me motivation to finish. 💪 The art that is featured in these photos is available on my website. Some are available as originals, others as limited edition giclee prints. Thank you for joining me on this journey. I have the best time with you. Take care. 💗 Lisa Cornwell, Color Match Queen #colormatchqueen #niagarafalls #lakeerie #dunkirkny #paintingsecrets #oilpaintcoach #pleinairillusion #pleinairpainting #colormatching #colormatches #colormatch #colourmatch #colourmatches #colourmixing #colormatchpaint #colormatchingtips #colormatchingpaint #colortheory #artillusion #artillusions #illusion #transparentpainting #transparentpainteffect #disappearingpainting #arttrick #trickart #trickartist #oilpainttutorial #oilp #oilpainttips #oilpaintingtips #oilpaintingtiktok #oilpaintingontiktok #oilpaints #oilpaint #immersivepainting #miniaturist #miniaturepainting #microartist #natureart #naturelovers #wildlifeart #naturepainting #artcollecting #artcollectors #artcurators #buffalony #tonawanda #scenicniagara #scenicniagara716 #wny #yeppppppppLisaC #yepcolormatch #colormatchingwithlisa #lisacornwell #lisacornwellart #lisacornwellartpaintingsecrets