8 Paintings

 I did 8 paintings over 4 days.
They are all 8x10 oil.

For the most part, each painting took between 2 and 2 1/2 hours.

Tuesday

#1

#2

Wednesday

At the reservoir

#3

This painting looks much better in person. (Actually they all do…)

#4

This painting took one hour.

Thursday

#5

This is the painting that Rusty messed up.

The actual painting looks slightly different to the location shot, but I think I fixed it to close enough.

This one is the weakest painting of the set, and was even before Rusty happened to it.

Friday

#6

#7

Same spot, I just turned around.

I also decided to leave the power lines out of this one, although having them in there would have made a slightly stronger composition.

#8

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All paintings in Cathy’s laundry room.

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My inner workhorse was definitely in high gear but more than that, doing all this painting cleared me out.

I was very tired- in a good way- after finishing number 8.

The other good thing about it was that I pushed beyond my normal boundaries. This is what happens with several paintings done in a short timeframe.  Because everything starts looking the same, more or less, you have to go beyond and start interpreting differently.  This started happening for me on Friday more than any other day. 

This is why quantity is so important. 

Will Weston spoke about that in one of his classes, too.

You have to exhaust what your mind already knows, and then you start to see new things.

This is why I was so intent on quantity this week, and I think it worked out well.

The first 4 paintings are thankfully dry enough this morning to pack in parchment for the ride home.

I leave Cathy’s in about an hour.