Plein air at lake tye

A very cold plein air morning. I had lots of fun painting in public to Chopin. It felt like I was living my dream and bravely trying in front of people as a gift. It’s a gift of entertainment, of making where they live special, and I’m showing them how an artist actually struggles.

I painted for idk how long. Maybe three hours. It felt like one. My hands couldn’t really sign it because they were so cold, so my signature was done with whatever part if my hand was able to move still.

Plein air is fun because it’s about what you see as a human. I think it’s a great form of existing.

When the fog was lifting, I was able to paint that well and was proud of my piece, but then the fog lifted. I had to paint the new landscape behind the sticker bushes and farmland because the reflections on the water were different as well now. I am a person that is willing to change.

Dark horse

I finally figured out most of the parts to this picture. Photo credit, Getty Images. Kids and young adults painted on this all day. It was covered in dark blue and I had to save the whole thing before closing the gallery at 5:00pm. While I was erasing and adding, I was realizing that all the people were actually showing me how to see. One tiger of a painter was seeing horizontal texture on the nose and light blue on the left shoulder. A younger girl that liked Elsa was adding turquoise to the back. Most people liked white on the cheeks. Anyway, I put that all in!

Here are all the times I tried, but didn’t get an accurate depiction of what I saw. It was a difficult photo to figure out. I even taught this painting to ten people at a paint party before I could really get it myself a month later.

Here is my 5th day of trying, where I “ruined it” and had to put it aside to dry. I achieved the black, but used too much paint.

4th day of trying. I’m trying to make black with red and green. I am adding purple and trying to get the eyes green.

3rd attempt. I like the hair, but not the eyes. I went a little crazy with the hair, though.

I think I’m finished, but it’s not realistic, and that nags on me enough for me to redo it five times.