It has been nearly two years since I last posted here. The weather seems the same--moments of sunshine inserted into weeks of overcast and rain. A typical Northwest November.
Today's afternoon sunshine is filtered through high haze of broken clouds. After soup and a nap I hope to get out to the north end of water walk and capture Mount Rainier in sunshine with my pochade oils.
So far this month, I have completed more than a dozen 6 by 8 canvas boards, most of them on the waterfront. I doubt that more than one or two of them are gallery-worthy. But I knew returning to oils, I would be starting at day one. But each 90 minute session is one notch up the learning curve. When I exhaust my supply of small canvas boards, I will step up the next size, moving into stretched canvases.
Success! Another pochade sketch. This time I returned to the Point Ruston overlook, near the Port-a-Pottie. Just the top-most mile of The Mountain protruded from The clouds. Everything on the canvas is a study in gray.
Tonight, a nearly full moon is shimmering through a veil of high clouds.I hope this promises to bring nearly clear skies tomorrow afternoon. In the morning. I have a coffee date with the Thursday artists at Allen's house.