Yes, I had that moment today. Thought I was going to writers’ group after work, thought I was off the next day… only to realize that it wasn’t Sunday after all, that it was Saturday and in fact I get to go to work on Sunday (all over again).
I made a quick stop at the Nassau Post Office on the way home and finally caught a Pikachu! Only the second one I’ve ever seen.
Then I came home and started a small sunset scene in watercolor. I’m trying to teach myself to wait, to let things dry before going on to the next part. Do like how the clouds came out though.
Then I looked at the little Windsor Newton Cotman travel kit I have and decided to add it to my color swatch page. It has half-pan colors in not a half bad array although if I was filling my own half pans I’d have different colors. I’d found some of the plastic corrugated board I’ve been using to tape paper down to and cut it to match the size paper I’ll be traveling with. At that point I didn’t have much oomph left so I watched a few “traveling watercolor kit” videos, two of which showed taping down a stack of paper to a board. That seems a little excessive. I don’t mind packing some tape. I was thinking of cutting some Arches paper to bring and that could go sandwiched between the two boards. We’ll see.
Love this play you are doing. playing with color. Your trip should call for this kind of fun with the landscapes you will be seeing.
Jeepers, am I supposed to be doing this? I am thinking LOTS of inspiration photos. From the looks of my itinerary I won’t have time to stop, except to go pee behind a bush! Photos out the bus windows methinks. LOTS of time for the painting later…..
I debated with myself on this, but I really enjoy it and I’d like to do a little more plein air (although in November, we’ll see). It’s all fit into one small packet so far – the board’s just big enough to tape down the 5.5×8.5″ paper. Definitely lots of photos!