Thursday, September 8, 2011

Sketching in the Rain


Rainy Day on the Farm, 8 x 8, pastel on sanded paper

The rain continues in the Northeast.  Has it really been raining since August?  I actually like rainy day scenes but it is hard to paint pastel outside in the rain.  It tends to melt those expensive little sticks and warps the paper.  I managed to get about half an hour of painting time to get this little field sketch done.  It's a beautiful scenic farm right in Newport with lots of painting potential that I will revisit . . . when it stops raining.

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