Plein Air in the Paddock – Day 2
Tara Choate On this second day of painting class I resolved to get up extra early to get some exercise shots on the track and walk around “behind the scenes” to get…
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Plein Air in the Paddock – Day 1
Furthering my attempt to catch up, here is the first day of the painting class. Day 1 (Monday) The class met at the Track Kitchen in the morning. The food…
Recap of the week
For a long time I’ve known that October would be a busy month; the WSO convention, Open Studios of Beavercreek, and my Kentucky trip were back-to-back this month. With recent…
Returning to regular life
It’s Sunday night and I’m back from the Watercolor Society of Oregon convention and bracing myself to return to work tomorrow after the events of last week. I think I…
-2 -1 +3 -1 = forward steps
Today I spent the largest part of the day running errands, mostly involving art. And when I dropped off the painting to go to Medford, it was a little like…
To pieces
The title of today’s painting, “To Pieces”, is also sort of a commentary on my day. And the less said about that the better. Thankfully, it’s Friday and I have…
Six days to go
With today’s painting, I just have six days left in my painting a day challenge. While this has been fun, it’s also been very tiring and I’ll be glad to…
Day 23…
I really wanted to focus on creating a light, airy background, but by the time I got there, I was kind of out of steam. I might try a little…