"Brightest Light at Blue Hill Fair" 5x7 Oil on Copper panel. Framed and Shipped for free!
Today was great fun! Two painters stopped by my house to invited me painting with them at Blue Hill Fair. I had gone to Mount Desert Island to take photos of waves. There were no waves. So I came home earlier than usual. I headed to Blue Hill Fair when I heard the news. I loaded up the baby jogger with my painting equipment. I was strolling around the fair with the baby jogger. It was my second lap around the fair when I discovered the painters. They were off the path behind food venders. They had the perfect view to paint!
I have discovered professional painters don't like to have their photos or names mentioned. Both of their paintings were great! They were working very large. They both worked high key. We didn't talk much. It was very loud at the fair. Music, bells, and machinery made having a conversation difficult. One of the painters said she loved my painting. I appreciated her complements. I was pleased with them both.
I was working with a very limited palette. I used only Cobalt Blue, Quinacradone Red, Cadmium Yellow Light, and Zinc White. I think it made painting easier. I concentrated not on matching a color to the scene, but values. "The Night Carousel" 5x7 Oil on Copper panel. Framed and Shipped for Free! The other painters left before dark. I parked my self under the light of the ice cream chart. I really had great fun! One of the painters warned me the crowd might get wierder after dark. This didn't seem to happen. The crowd was very respectful and enthusiastic!
I could have stayed there all night painting! I think I had a break through tonight. I had been at the fair each day, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I didn't paint because I was too shy to paint at the fair. I think I realized I am good enough of a painter to not feel shy or embarrassed. This is what I like to do. I can't worry about what people might say. Besides, people are always positive about my painting on location. I really have not had a single person say anything bad about my painting. So I will be brave and paint where ever I feel like! You too!
Of course you are a good enough painter to paint in crowds but I don't know how long it takes to lose that feeling. I like to paint off by myself but I paint in crowds all the time and it doesn't bother me unless I'm having a hard time with the composition. I don't mind them talking to me after I have everything laid in but I hate it when I'm trying to concentrate. Someone told me they always back themselves into a corner so no one can see what they're painting but I like to back up to look at my work so that didn't help me. Just remember most of these people have never seen anyone paint outside and they're just interested. No one is going to be mean. I just pretend I'm invisible.
got real juicey on these. I can tell you had fun doing them. Glad you got over your fear of painting in public, but you didn't seem afraid in Wekiva. These night scenes kind of reminded me of when we painted under the full moon. The limited palette is working for you. Very cohesive. Sometimes we get all caught up in the color, but you captured the feel, the motion and excitement without all the gaudiness of the fair color. I'm afraid I would be tempted to go for all the color. thanks for reminding me to be more restrained.
Hi Mitch! It was quite cool out when I painted these! I didn't have my medium with me. So yeah! I was slapping it on! LOL! I think the limited palette is working for me. I am concentrating on other things other than what is infront of me. I invent my own color scheme! It does seem cohesive. I would normally really lay in the real color with the first one! There were many blues and pinks! It was fun!
Hi Rae! Thanks for the tip about finding a corner. My painters friends did find a corner. I just didn't think about them doing it for a reason!
I'm new at the website stuff and checked with FASO to find a few websites to get an idea how blogging worked. I've enjoyed your blogs and your paintings so much! I can relate to your seascapes as I took a workshop some years ago at Port Clyde Maine, and it was such a beautiful place to paint.
Isn't that amazing that I picked out your Port Clyde painting from all the others.our trip there was about 1985. Your art is truly beautiful....keep up the good work. Edy
"Brightest Light at Blue Hill Fair" 5x7 Oil on Copper panel. Framed and Shipped for free! 
"The Night Carousel" 5x7 Oil on Copper panel. Framed and Shipped for Free! The other painters left before dark. I parked my self under the light of the ice cream chart. I really had great fun! One of the painters warned me the crowd might get wierder after dark. This didn't seem to happen. The crowd was very respectful and enthusiastic! 
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