Day 5 - Parked on a Rainy Afternoon

"Parked on a Rainy Afternoon" (pastel, 6x8 inches) click here to bid or buy

Day 5 of April 2020

It rained today, and was cold and icky. So I decided not to venture outside to traverse the 50 yards to the studio, and my boss said that was ok... So no new cute fuzzy for today; instead, here's another rainy day from the American Impressionist Society paintout in Fredericksburg last month.

It rained most of those days too, and I spent an hour one afternoon driving around looking for an interesting vantage point for my "mobile studio". Main Street was out of the question, no decent place to park. But I found this interesting intersection on a back street where the road narrowed down to cross a bridge.

 "Success is nine parts preparation..."

 I must have been in the "zone" after this because I have no progress shots of the pastel part! Oops!

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Road Sketch #20

"Road Sketch #20"  (pastel, 3x5 inches)  click here to bid

Here's the other little road sketch that was buried in my studio mess. Only took me two days to post it after I said I would... but I'm making progress on the studio clean-up. Might even be painting some new stuff this weekend.

....Ok, I'm considering doing another 30-paintings-in-30-days in November (like I did last year.) I'll have to seriously get a jump on that plan in the next two days if it's gonna happen. And Sunday we're thinking about going to the Texas Renaissance Festival (yes, with my daughter's new costume for Halloween weekend) so I'll have to prep that post early. Of course, now that I've said it and posted it on social media, I'll have to make it happen. (One of my favorite techniques for self-motivation! Hahaha!!)

Road Sketch #19

"Road Sketch #19"  (pastel on Ampersand Pastelboard, 3x5 inches)  click here to bid

Cleaning out the studio, I uncovered 2 little paintings from my original road sketch series that must have gotten buried during one of my frequent framing frenzies. What a pleasant surprise, as these were two of my favorite road sketches! And, since they're still not framed, I'll put them through another auction round!

This one was from a day that was full of south Texas humidity from a shot out the windshield at full zoom, to catch that shimmery disappearing road illusion. Good thing there was not a lot of traffic, because I get really distracted by stuff like that, lol!