Painting at Pemberton Park
For a while, I have been thinking of going to Pemberton Park and doing a large landscape painting of Turtle Island. I have already painted it 3 times. First, I did a realistic painting, and with the help of a wonderful teacher, it looks great and hangs above my mantle. The second and third times, I outlined the important parts and painted them in a solid color, so those paintings look rather like stained glass windows.
Today I started by outlining (lightly) the main parts of the painting, but adding texture with lights and darks and a variety of colors. And this time, I had lots of company as a group of first graders and their teachers and helpers were having a field trip and all stopped by to chat with me. What a fun time I had talking with those delightful children and their chaperones!