Unexpected Rain Bombs Plein Air

Zoe from my egg tempera class wanted to go out plein airing, and I said I'd take her.

So we planned the date and I took her to my favorite tree in The Ramble.

Weather check was consistently good, even if a little chilly.

Central Park was just gorgeous and all the birds were out singing.

So off we went to paint.

And the unexpected rain started, and it was a lot.

My palette got soaked, it was bad.

Water does interfere with oil paint.

Still, we painted through it.

I changed my palette when the rain finally stopped......

Until.......

Zoe checked the weather again and more rain was expected in 20 minutes.

I speed-painted to a sort-of reasonable finish.

It's not where I wanted to go with the painting, I feel like it's about halfway there.

But this is the adventure of plein air and why we do it- for those unexpected challenges and hardships.

So, on Zoe's first outing she got onlookers, unexpected rain, and her painting face-planted paint-side down.  All the good firsts for plein air, now everything will be easier for her.

8x10 oil

I also missed the eclipse

I'm ok with missing the eclipse... honestly I'm just too paranoid about eye damage.

Daya did see it at school, and she thought it was overrated.

I Missed the Earthquake & Hidden Faces

Yep, I missed it.

My colleague in London pinged me on Teams asking if I was ok, he heard there was an earthquake.

I said.... there was an earthquake?

Apparently we had an earthquake right as I started my morning workout, specifically when I was skipping with my 2lb rope which is an earthquake all by itself.

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I went to The Met this evening to see the Hidden Faces exhibit.

My favorite painting is in it.

Janae and Mark texted me while I was on the bus going up Madison Ave, saying Do you feel the aftershocks?

Of course I did not because the bus is its own earthquake.

So, I missed everything and honestly I don't care.

We had an earthquake a while back when I was working in Times Square.
Daya was in the office with me that day, and I thought she shook my chair but it was an earthquake.

Everyone forgets we are on a faut line here and do get rare but not unheard-of quakes.

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Here is the Hidden Faces exhibit.
It is excellent.

I bought 2 books. :)

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