On Monday's I go out with a little group to paint en plein air. It's so nice to get out of the house and just breath the fresh air. I am starting to get a little better at actually getting some paint on canvas. It's so much harder than it looks, the real problem is focusing on just one small scene. I always try to do to much. I have learned to use a smaller canvas. This one is a little 8X10 panel. Today we got out there and I realized I had everything except white paint! I had a tiny dab on my pallet and that was it. Bummer. So I had to touch up a bit when I got home. It's tough to make light pink blossoms with no white! I'm feeling good about this because I haven't done anything at all worth keeping the last few times I've been out. Not that this is much more than a sketch. But I did learn some things. Kinda hard to see in this one but I like the way the stand of trees on the right turned out. I'm getting better at muting my colors down. It always surprises me that a color that looks really dull and grey
on the pallet can be very pretty on the canvas. Its all about what colors it is next to. I've read about that in lots of books, but I always reach for those bright colors - then wonder why the painting looks so off. Duh. I'll get it eventually. Work tomorrow so I probably won't get back to the Daffy's until Friday - maybe Saturday cause we're going to Eugene on Friday for Bill to have a colonoscopy. I know, more than you needed to know! But we'll be back in the afternoon, so maybe I'll get some work in. And next weekend I have to do the taxes, which will mean a days worth of updating quickbooks with all the info on the rentals. Blah. I keep putting it off, but it hangs in the back of my mind making me anxious. Next I'm going to try to use this photo, but something pretty different with it. I like the buildings in the background and the umbrellas. I'm going to put the ladies in something more elegant. Maybe with hats. I like the sunlight, too, but I think I'll try to make the furniture look more like iron. We'll see how that all goes!
on the pallet can be very pretty on the canvas. Its all about what colors it is next to. I've read about that in lots of books, but I always reach for those bright colors - then wonder why the painting looks so off. Duh. I'll get it eventually. Work tomorrow so I probably won't get back to the Daffy's until Friday - maybe Saturday cause we're going to Eugene on Friday for Bill to have a colonoscopy. I know, more than you needed to know! But we'll be back in the afternoon, so maybe I'll get some work in. And next weekend I have to do the taxes, which will mean a days worth of updating quickbooks with all the info on the rentals. Blah. I keep putting it off, but it hangs in the back of my mind making me anxious. Next I'm going to try to use this photo, but something pretty different with it. I like the buildings in the background and the umbrellas. I'm going to put the ladies in something more elegant. Maybe with hats. I like the sunlight, too, but I think I'll try to make the furniture look more like iron. We'll see how that all goes!
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