From the Beach - Kona
Couldn’t pass this view up.
I had a little bit of extra time on my hands in Kona today so I packed up a few supplies and walked down the street about 20 minutes to find this little beach.
2 gessoed canvases just waiting for the right beach <3
This is the first time I’ve unrolled these canvases and I’m anxious to see how they hold up.
wet paint!
Here I’m using my watercolor pastels as I only brought carry-on bags - so no liquid paint. The watercolor pastels are great for this case as I can use them like a colored pencil and then apply water - turning them into nice pigmented washes.
And here is where I’ll stop for today - we’ve got dinner plans later so I want to make sure I’m back at the hotel and showered after this incredibly hot painting session!
Letting the paint dry!
Vestige of Summer; Painting Outside
The sun was just starting to dip beyond the treeline casting deep golden beams across our back lawn. A slightly confused cricket was already chirping away. The vestiges of summer.
I had to paint outside.
I knew I didn't have an abundance of daylight left, so I gathered what I could quickly. A dropcloth pinned down by a plant, a few basic paints and what was left from last night's mixings, and the first brushes I could get my hands on.
I love working in the backyard of our rental home (moving into the new place in October!). The squirrels are super vocal, birds gather in all the trees overhead and it's impossible for me not to feel at least the slightest bit at peace.
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Also, 80% of the 'lawn' in our backyard is mostly very tiny strawberries. If that doesn't put you in a mood to create, well, nothing will.
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Even managed to catch a bit of lens flare.
There's something so wonderful about being outside and working; soaking up the birdsong and scent of green growing things and translating that to paper is magical.
Vestige of Summer will be up in the shop for the next update, planned for Friday, Aug 25th.
We'll be on the road for the weekend - heading out to California to visit friends and take some time off. Well, sort of 'off'... I'll still be painting, but not answering as many emails :)