Pilings at Riverside Park

I brought more groceries to Daya tonight, and then I went to Riverside Park to paint.

It's so nice over there...weather was supposed to be warm, almost 70...then out of nowhere a cold wind arrived. I was miserable for most of the painting. Last night I was too hot, tonight I was too cold!

8x10 oil

A man made quite the effort to catch up to me as I was leaving the park!

He said I was painting his favorite view....and he collects paintings... so I gave him a card.

(ALWAYS have your cards with you!)

Maybe he'll like the painting, maybe buy it, which would pay for all the new paint I bought.....

So, last year Jerry's started carrying a new brand, Tusc & Pine.

It's another good quality artist-grade oil paint.

Their marketing was very effective, because last year I got the Luminous set.

It's THAT pretty.

I'm not allowed to buy oil paint this year, unless it's a refill.

But Jerry's marketing struck again, and there is now also a set of warm and cool greys.

It arrived today.

All these are convenience mixes.

They really are nice.

I brought them outdoors.

Having given this brand a proper test run, I have to give it a high rating.

It spits oil, which is a very good sign of quality.  I like it.

I won't get anymore, because I'll stick to my Williamsburgs, Vasaris and Gamblins, but these really are nice colors and I'll definitely use them. 

Although it was weird to skip a lot of the color mixing, except adding black or white, it did save quite a lot of time- and it also made me think differently.  Which was the whole point to begin with- thinking differently.

If I put something new on my palette, I'll definitely use it and it's a nice way to move in new directions.