Without her knowing it, my daughter shamed me into painting outdoors today. "It would be a great plein air painting day, Mom. What's stopping you?" to which I replied with a number of excuses. I have a new easel and I'm just not ready to paint in the city since I'm (enter any one of many excuses here). So I decided to paint on the roof to ease on into it. My little flower garden on the roof is in full bloom and it wasn't too hot up there today. There was a nice breeze and only once did my canvas blow off before I bungie corded it down.
My Art Ladies group went on several painting trips to beautiful places--New Mexico, California, Door County, Hilton Head----all were wonderful experiences. That was many years ago. Plein air painting is "NOT for sissies" as someone in our group described it, loads of fun but really hard work.
I will promise myself to scope out places I am comfortable with to paint. I have my eye on a charming little yellow house with a nice garden and a white picket fence not too far from my home. There is an active group of Plein Air Painters Chicago, so someday maybe I will join them one day. I did signed up to paint at the Chicago Botanical Gardens in late August, so I better get busy preparing so as not to embarrass myself.
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