Plopping myself down on a lawn chair on the screened-in porch, I picked up my
paintbrush and hesitantly dabbed it into the blue and red paint to make a
purple-like mix on the brush. This color is what I use to make the
"sketch" of the apple. I paint the light and dark areas that I see, on the canvas with a light or dark shade of this purple color. That saves the time of making a pencil and paper sketch. Maybe I'll try that someday -- not today.
I find the dark and light areas of the apple by squinting at it. That in
itself, is a new way of looking at objects that I've learned this year,
My
paint has been too thick of late, so next time I will thin it down by using the mineral
spirits; or the Almond Oil, my artist friend, Sharon Rusch Shaver, uses
exclusively.
It's satisfying and engaging to get out my painting gear and hunker down to make a
small simple painting. Honestly, it wasn't easy! I like the way the oil paint goes smoothly onto the Senso linen
canvas, too.... much different than a white canvas.
This weekend, I will try to get motivated to take out my paints again.
Little by little. Small things and small steps are great and wonderful things. A brush moving
on canvas. Easy. Take it easy. The weekend has arrived.
