Oconomowoc – The Alternates

Posted on August 15, 2010 in Blog Post, Plein Air Painting

These were the two other paintings I did for the Oconomowoc event. This first one I did mid afternoon on Wednesday, after touching up my Masonic Center painting. This is from a vantage point that I’ve painted before, thought I’d give it another go. Sometimes it’s useful to see a comparison, side by side. To see the one I did last year, click here. It’s the third one down. Much improved, I’d say.

When I got back into town on Tuesday, after driving for 6 hours, I decided to set up on the back side of the Masonic Center. It was around 5:30pm when I set up, the traffic I ran into just outside of Hayward really slowed me down. I started into this with less consideration than the earlier piece I did on Friday the week before, ended up struggling with the drawing, as the light died. I decided I would come back to this on Wednesday evening, which I did. This is where I left it. It’s a decent sketch, but I don’t think I’ll take it further, there are still too many problems with it.