A fun exercise this weekend! I found these tiny 3"x3" canvases at the art store. I thought they might be great for my show this coming Saturday--have some really small (inexpensive) things for sale. Tom thought not! Then he said, "Well, if you could paint each one in 5 minutes, then it would probably be worth doing." Fine! I took up the challenge.

So yesterday I sat down & he set the timer. 5 minutes turned out to be not very realistic--however, these were each 10-15 minutes, so still very quick. Great exercise in turning off your brain & trying to just get shapes/values down quickly. And I still think they're cute! They're definitely going in the show.

One more:

This is a scene from the Lake Path that goes around Geneva Lake. One of my favorite places to take a stroll!! This little gazebo caught my eye, and I couldn't resist. :)

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St. John's Chapel

I'm trying to learn to do architecture better. So yesterday I spent the afternoon (took the day off) working on this. Although it's pretty tight, I think it's not bad. I see progress from the last time I attempted something like this.

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The Old Ford

I found this really cool old truck today, while I was actually looking for a farmer's market to paint. Couldn't pass it up! Tom says it's from the 20's, and was a dump truck. I've never painting any type of vehicle before, & will probably attempt this one again on a bigger canvas. But it was fun & quite a nice spot to sit while painting too! The funny thing is, I've actually driven past this spot a million times and have never even seen the truck before.

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Field & Woods

I found a nice little spot behind a church today. I'm working on taking an ordinary view & making it more interesting by the way I paint it. I think I like this one--it's the first plein air landscape I've done in acrylics & I'm liking how they handle. Studio work I still prefer watercolors I think.

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Backyard Roses

Today's roses. I tried a challenge & only used a primary palette--red, blue, & yellow, plus white. Mixed everything from there. Lightens how much you have to carry, if nothing else!! The light changed really fast; they were all in full sun when I started. I actually like the shadows anyway!

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Irises

Here's my 1/2 hour lunch time plein air that I did last week. I had a ton of work to do, but really just needed to paint! My backyard provided the irises.

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