Hank Buffington
@hankbuffington.bsky.social
Artist, plein air landscape painter, oils, acrylics, watercolors. Pennsylvania.
http://www.hankbuffington.com
http://www.hankbuffington.com
Here’s a gouache sketch for a new painting.
December 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Here’s a gouache sketch for a new painting.
5 minute poses at figure group today followed by 10-15 minute poses.
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
5 minute poses at figure group today followed by 10-15 minute poses.
Still playing with this one.
November 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Still playing with this one.
A little gouache sketch before everyone woke up this morning.
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A little gouache sketch before everyone woke up this morning.
I continued playing with this plein air sketch in my basement. It’s just a struggle between the strange shapes I love in the farm fields and trying to make “a picture” or scene. I don’t have an interest in painting little tree branches but feel like I’m supposed to.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I continued playing with this plein air sketch in my basement. It’s just a struggle between the strange shapes I love in the farm fields and trying to make “a picture” or scene. I don’t have an interest in painting little tree branches but feel like I’m supposed to.
It was frosty when I went out this morning. I hadn’t painted outside in a long time. It clouded over before I was half way finished and then it started raining. Of course by the time I got back to my car the sun was back out. This is why I’ve been painting inside more lately.
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It was frosty when I went out this morning. I hadn’t painted outside in a long time. It clouded over before I was half way finished and then it started raining. Of course by the time I got back to my car the sun was back out. This is why I’ve been painting inside more lately.
A little watercolor practice today on wrinkly sketchbook paper.
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A little watercolor practice today on wrinkly sketchbook paper.
I just can’t leave it alone.
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I just can’t leave it alone.
I have paintings that I’m never happy with. I can pull them off my pile at any time and continue to play with them. This is one of them. This morning I changed it for the third time.
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I have paintings that I’m never happy with. I can pull them off my pile at any time and continue to play with them. This is one of them. This morning I changed it for the third time.
Some drawings from figure group yesterday.
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Some drawings from figure group yesterday.
A couple more sketches.
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A couple more sketches.
I’m experimenting with gouache in a small sketchbook of toned paper. The paper is lightweight and designed for drawing and sketching with dry media. A little water with watercolor makes it buckle. Hopefully using gouache thicker will reduce the warping.
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I’m experimenting with gouache in a small sketchbook of toned paper. The paper is lightweight and designed for drawing and sketching with dry media. A little water with watercolor makes it buckle. Hopefully using gouache thicker will reduce the warping.
I’m having trouble choosing which Halloween costume for tomorrow.
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’m having trouble choosing which Halloween costume for tomorrow.
It was another beautiful evening here. I had to get out and paint. It was either that or do yard work. Tough choice.
October 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It was another beautiful evening here. I had to get out and paint. It was either that or do yard work. Tough choice.
I liked the atmosphere at the edge of this meadow on a rainy morning a few weeks ago. Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel, 9x16”
October 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I liked the atmosphere at the edge of this meadow on a rainy morning a few weeks ago. Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel, 9x16”
If I paint outside I can’t eat all the Halloween candy.
October 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If I paint outside I can’t eat all the Halloween candy.
Thicker paint on board. Just having fun. Not sure about that shadow in the foreground.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thicker paint on board. Just having fun. Not sure about that shadow in the foreground.
A squishy version of a recent landscape. The thicker paint creates some visual vibration that I like.
October 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A squishy version of a recent landscape. The thicker paint creates some visual vibration that I like.
I could no longer tolerate my last figure painting continuing to exist in this world. I cut it in half and this is the top half. I may use the bottom half to try this scene again. This was just supposed to be the underpainting to map out the shapes, but I feel like it concluded prematurely.
October 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I could no longer tolerate my last figure painting continuing to exist in this world. I cut it in half and this is the top half. I may use the bottom half to try this scene again. This was just supposed to be the underpainting to map out the shapes, but I feel like it concluded prematurely.
Another small, fast one before breakfast. Acrylic on paper. 5.5x7”
October 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Another small, fast one before breakfast. Acrylic on paper. 5.5x7”
I’m glad I’m not the only one. I think my brain too quickly crosses wires with viridian.
September 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’m glad I’m not the only one. I think my brain too quickly crosses wires with viridian.