Monday, August 6, 2018

Painting our lake

August 1, 2018 Lake Sawyer wc
August 2, 2018 Lake Sawyer wc
August 3, 2018 Lake Sawyer wc
During the first 3 days of August I painted our lake plein air with watercolor each day. Those days produced pretty bad paintings and I was reminded that I hate wet wavy paper (need some 300lb) and how much more I enjoy watercolor in the Studio, painting nearly flat.

On the 4th day I considered why I was painting in wc: mostly ease of cleanup. So I switched to oil but used water-soluble oils for easy cleanup and now I'm having fun. It is obvious that I need to get up earlier for different light on the lake.

August 4, 2018 August Lake, 6x8 ws Oil
August 5, 2018 Boat House, 6x8 ws Oil
August 6, 2018 Lake Sawyer, 6x8 ws Oil

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