This a-painting-a-day thing is not happening, so it's become a-painting-whenever-I-can.
Two attempts at the same scene. The other day, driving around, I found three places I had no idea were there. Yolo County has many surprises, no matter which direction you go. If you aren't looking, you will miss most all of them. This space has a lagoon and lots of wildlife. It's hidden away where you'd never even think to go.
The smaller painting ((6 X 6) upper image), is the first one I tried. It's on Ampersand board and I am not used to it. I wasn't liking the surface, but I will do a few more on these. Once I got it home, the effect is not bad. It just feels different than plywood boards, less absorbant, more resistant to the paint sticking to it. Could just be my imagination. The second painting (8 X 10), was on gessoed plywood and there I was practicing speed painting. I wouldn't mind coming back to these, or going out there again at a different time of day, maybe evening.
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