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Mike Hernandez, gouache plein air demo at Garland Ranch Park, Carmel Valley, CA (with me lurking in the background)

Artist: Mike Hernandez (All)

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Mike Hernandez, gouache plein air demo at Garland Ranch Park, Carmel Valley, CA (with me lurking in the background) Comic Art

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Title:	Mike Hernandez, gouache plein air demo at Garland Ranch Park, Carmel Valley, CA (with me lurking in the background)
Artist:	Mike Hernandez (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	62
Likes on CAF:	5 6
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	9/30/2025
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Description

It was a great pleasure to meet Mike Hernandez, and see firsthand how he captures natural scenes in the wild despite wind, insects, rapidly changing lighting conditions, and all the usual challenges faced by plein air painters. Here's a terrific forested scene depicting me (!) trying my best to get the paint down beside a brook under a canopy of branches.

I'm amazed at his ability to simplify complex subjects and infuse them with harmonious color notes and strong compositions.

Mike is a great teacher as well, and one of the few painters I've found who regularly produces outstanding gouache (opaque water coler) paintings out in the elements.

Thanks for taking a look!

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Yo Kuri
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 9/30/2025

A collector owning a painting by a painter who is teaching the collector to paint. That's so cool!

Matt Dicke
Member Since 2006

Posted on 9/30/2025

Now that's a piece of treasure. So cool you got to take a class with him and better yet to paint your portrait live! What a memorable keepsake from the class. You should post your paintings too.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/30/2025

Happy little trees!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

Posted on 9/30/2025

What Yo Kuri said!

Paul Martini
Member Since 2021

Posted on 10/1/2025

Immortalized by a plein air gouache master. What a treat!

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