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 light was catching and then a bigger one to show value.
Then I went down to Ooms Conservation area which has a nice view that catches the sunset. Nothing technicolor tonight but it was quite pleasant.
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.
Stopped in the last light to admire the sky and clouds. I decided to paint this, which was laughable because – duh – it was dark. Turned out not too bad. Strathmore sketchbook/watercolor paper.
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
