In the morning I went over to Laguardia to volunteer with hospitality during auditions, then I went to the park to paint. It's nice that they are so close.
The weather was perfect and I found an ok spot behind the carousel. It's not my best. And it needs more red, I should have invented more red.
I finished at exactly the right time, as in the last 5 minutes or so a guy came and sat right next to me.
He was too close and I didn't like that. I don't mind people stopping by, it's nice actually, but I don't like people settling down with an intention to watch. I don't want an audience like that. It's unsettling and feels intrusive. When someone is watching you like that, you can feel it. I'm not there to do a demo.
If I had longer to go in the painting I would have re-positioned my tripod.
Central Park is absolutely terrible with pot fumes, really really bad, it wasn't so bad even 2 years ago. My spot was pretty good when I started but then people started coming around to sit and smoke. Gross. And it is illegal to smoke at all in the park.... cigarettes were banned years ago.
And I don't see or smell cigarettes in the park. Now it reeks of pot instead- if cigarettes aren't allowed they should enforce that with pot too. I'm baffled as to how they enforce not smoking something legal and not enforcing smoking something illegal.
But a lot of nice people came by to say hello, too.
8x10 oil
The weather was perfect and I found an ok spot behind the carousel. It's not my best. And it needs more red, I should have invented more red.
I finished at exactly the right time, as in the last 5 minutes or so a guy came and sat right next to me.
He was too close and I didn't like that. I don't mind people stopping by, it's nice actually, but I don't like people settling down with an intention to watch. I don't want an audience like that. It's unsettling and feels intrusive. When someone is watching you like that, you can feel it. I'm not there to do a demo.
If I had longer to go in the painting I would have re-positioned my tripod.
Central Park is absolutely terrible with pot fumes, really really bad, it wasn't so bad even 2 years ago. My spot was pretty good when I started but then people started coming around to sit and smoke. Gross. And it is illegal to smoke at all in the park.... cigarettes were banned years ago.
And I don't see or smell cigarettes in the park. Now it reeks of pot instead- if cigarettes aren't allowed they should enforce that with pot too. I'm baffled as to how they enforce not smoking something legal and not enforcing smoking something illegal.
But a lot of nice people came by to say hello, too.
8x10 oil
I love this painting. It looks so fall like. Too bad about the smokers. I hate smoking no matter what they are smoking. BAHH
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