Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) 2026

Improve your painting today with Tisch Academy! Create work you’re truly proud of. 50% off your VIP membership and a FREE tutorial! https://tisch.academy LIMITED TIME ONLY! Join me at PACE 2026 - paint with me in person! https://pleinairconvention.com/?ref=rqrzipws This painting project was a little different. I’ve painted Milford Sound before. It’s one of New Zealand’s most iconic landscapes. I wanted to create something totally unique, though. The foreground shifts and changes with the rising tides. Driftwood and rocks are strewn about, leading the viewer into the scene. My references showed some of this, but honestly left something to be desired - so I just made it up! Using physical props can help create something dynamic and unique, but it gives the artist a push to bring that extra level of realism to the scene. By using sticks and weeds, I could see exactly how the light would fall across these forms, and compose the way I wanted. You’ll never see Milford Sound quite like this! Materials List: Blue Ridge Handmade Oils - blueridgeoilpaint.com Burnt Umber Deep Transparent Red Oxide Transparent Yellow Oxide Titanium White Cremnitz White Cadmium Lemon Hansa Yellow Cadmium Red Light Quinacridone Magenta Ultramarine Blue Cobalt Blue Cobalt Teal Chromium Green Oxide Pthalo Green. Rosemary &Co Artist Brushes: https://www.rosemaryandco.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=tischler Winsor and Newton Liquin Original and Liquin Impasto Medium Tisch uses Belle Arti 40OP and 41UP Linen - This piece: 30x48”