After procuring some coffee, I returned to my front yard to enjoy the view. Also saw a hummingbird flying around and a wasp drinking out of the bird bath.
Swung by Hand Hollow Conservation area where they are still pulling water chestnuts out but there’s not much water left in the “pond”. The light was interesting so I did these two. First, a smaller sketch to show where the … Continue reading →
Maybe I should have come straight home and painted the two birthday kittens (two already!???) but I took a turn and painted these instead. Here are all my “reference” photos.
These are all my cloud photos from tonight, un-edited.
Stopped again to watch the sunset on the way home and tried again to paint in the ever failing light. Still a good exercise I think to try and capture the gist of it.
The student’s ambition should be to become a painter’s painter, rather than a popular painter. The approbation of fellow artists based on sympathy and understanding is manifestly better than the fickle or fast homage of the greater public.
