But not such a great day to paint. About half a dozen of us decided to brave the -10 C temperatures and 60 Kph winds to paint at Princess Point. I managed to find a wonderful view of the high level bridge with the snow swirling across Coote's Paradise and a great tree in the forground. About five minutes in it started to snow. Boy did it snow.
The scenes around us were amazing but the snow piled up fast. I went and spoke to Gloria for about two minutes and when I walked back to my palette it was buried and I had to blow the snow off to see my paints. We likely would have packed up and left except it was such a great day to be outside.
This painting is horrendous because the snow flakes turned into large crystals and mixed with the paint. The paint takes on the consistency of play-do and it would rather stay on the brush than adhere to the icy board. The whole painting has a rather gravely finish. Fine lines are out of the question. It is quite simply a frustrating but funny exercise in futility.
But not such a great day to paint. About half a dozen of us decided to brave the -10 C temperatures and 60 Kph winds to paint at Princess Point. I managed to find a wonderful view of the high level bridge with the snow swirling across Coote's Paradise and a great tree in the forground. About five minutes in it started to snow. Boy did it snow.
The scenes around us were amazing but the snow piled up fast. I went and spoke to Gloria for about two minutes and when I walked back to my palette it was buried and I had to blow the snow off to see my paints. We likely would have packed up and left except it was such a great day to be outside.
This painting is horrendous because the snow flakes turned into large crystals and mixed with the paint. The paint takes on the consistency of play-do and it would rather stay on the brush than adhere to the icy board. The whole painting has a rather gravely finish. Fine lines are out of the question. It is quite simply a frustrating but funny exercise in futility.
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