4 Paintings in 18 Hours

Janae and I were supposed to go to Ocean Grove NJ on Aug 1-3 for a beach (bitch!) painting trip.
Except Janae got covid and was feeling crappy so it got cancelled.

Except Thursday night she texted me, feeling better, asking wanna go tomorrow??

I was already supposed to be off work so I said yes!

And we went.

We drank drinks and ate food and painted on the beach.

To save weight, I brought my little Belly River box, who is the BEST travel buddy.

It was nice to paint on it again.

I did 4 paintings over 18 hours which is ridiculous, even for me:

8x10 oil

8x10 oil

8x10 oil

6x8 oil, leftover paint, and exactly 30 minutes!

I am very pleased with this collection.

Assorted pictures....

Janae's painting

__PRESENT

Going to the...........

 Daya went to the beach today and texted me.....

Forever.

That will be funny forever.

Not a Wipe, I Guess

Today was our third and probably final plein air event for the year, organized by Francis.

We painted at the Radio Hotel.

I chose a pretty complex scene...then the heat got SO BAD and I melted and died.

I force-finished the painting and decided I would go home and wipe it.

8x10 oil

Except everyone else really liked it (????) and the Radio Hotel people want a print (?????????).

So I guess I'll keep it as a reminder that I am not always a good judge of my own work.

The other paintings

I am specifically allowed

Andrew and Frankie have their own corner.

Except I like it in there too.

They are both in agreement that I am also allowed, so I modified the sign to let everyone know.

I'm short and can't reach up to write, so I wrote it on tape (medical tape bc it's the boathouse and there was nothing else I could find).

Pretty sky

How to Draw a Turkey

THING 1:

Daya has been different since she got back from Italy.

In a wonderful way.

She's nice and friendly and.... pretty fantastic.

She is appreciative and kind, and is sharing stuff about her day-to-day life.

I'm so happy.

She is also going through a tough situation at work and has been sleeping in my room.

I don't care. She can sleep in here if she wants, fine by me.

(I never took the bed down from when Janae was here (sheets got washed tho) because the cats like it and also I'm lazy.)

THING 2:

I shared my retro Pratt pics with Daya and she posted one of them on her instagram.

And also... this....

I left this tutorial on her desk.....

A So-So Floral Plein Air

I went out painting again today, this time an easy trip to Roosevelt Island.

There are a lot of painting possibilities there.

But I decided to do a plein air floral- it's been a long time since I did one and I'm not very experienced at floral painting.

8x10 oil

It took me several minutes too realize the dog is a statue.  

I almost panted this scene but I had passed the flowers first and they were stuck in my head.