Gettin’ ready.

Posted on August 18, 2010 in Blog Post, Plein Air Painting

In preparation for this weekend’s plein air event in Pewaukee, I’ve been trekking down to the marina by Cupertino Park to do some research and work on this type of subject matter. I started this piece yesterday, but at the time I had only a couple of hours to paint. There is a rather wide concrete boat launch just north of the yacht club that is a common place for fishermen. As I was painting, I had no end of distractions, noisy fishermen, bicyclists passing by, a handful of rowdy kids catching and torturing little fish and their parents who kept shouting at them, some Vet who wanted to take my picture, and finally two airheads in a row boat who were determined to land their craft where I was set up. After an hour and a half, I called it a day.

This afternoon I managed to get back there, and although the light wasn’t as overcast, I managed to resolve a lot of this piece. Another three hours work, three peaceful hours. 6″ x 8″ oil on panel. This is on the Raymar double primed canvas panel that I got as part of the Artist Package in the Wauwatosa event. It’s not bad. I’m not a big fan of such a prominent weave, but I think maybe the linen ones might be more to my liking. The panels are very strong and very light weight. I think these would be great for taking on a trip. These would have to be bought in bulk however, as they are rather expensive.