Jumped out of bed this morning when I woke up at 6:30, grabbed my paint box, a Diet Coke and jumped in the car. Drove two blocks away and positioned myself to watch the sunrise. It was an adrenaline rush to be sure. My bleery eyes tried to mix color and make sense of a composition -- I only had a few minutes. I put down the beautiful orange rising above the trees, then the trees. Tried to capture the sky and clouds. Finally I put in the sun. I headed home and back to bed to catch a few more winks. When I woke up, and looked at my first real sun rise, I realized my biggest mistake. Did you spot it? I painted the sun about 20 minutes after I painted the sun rising! What fun it is to paint in plein air. It's all about improving and that was just the first of several big problems with this little early morning work. Next time I need to have some of my Coke on the way to the paint site!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Rattan Sun Rise
Jumped out of bed this morning when I woke up at 6:30, grabbed my paint box, a Diet Coke and jumped in the car. Drove two blocks away and positioned myself to watch the sunrise. It was an adrenaline rush to be sure. My bleery eyes tried to mix color and make sense of a composition -- I only had a few minutes. I put down the beautiful orange rising above the trees, then the trees. Tried to capture the sky and clouds. Finally I put in the sun. I headed home and back to bed to catch a few more winks. When I woke up, and looked at my first real sun rise, I realized my biggest mistake. Did you spot it? I painted the sun about 20 minutes after I painted the sun rising! What fun it is to paint in plein air. It's all about improving and that was just the first of several big problems with this little early morning work. Next time I need to have some of my Coke on the way to the paint site!
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