Tuesday, September 08, 2009

sketching and playing with oil paints







I started painting three fishing buddies on a dock because their reflections were beautiful. Unfortunately shortly after I started they packed up and left for the day. I took this as a sign to focus on just sketching some ideas and not worry about going for a full finish. My premise was to focus on the abstract and simple shapes. But of course I couldn't resist getting fussy at the end. I really loved painting today despite the heat and humidity. I know I'm blessed to have such a supportive and encouraging family.

3 comments:

Kathleen Krucoff said...

These are GREAT Susan. Love how you captured each of these settings.

Deborah Younglao, Silk Painter said...

What Kthleen said! I love the soft colors.

Karen said...

For me the first 2 especially stay really abstract and I don't feel fussiness at all...in fact they have detail, and yet not, they're reeds and grass, and yet paint...
I love the one from yesterday too. The light in the meadow is beautiful.