Pocket Sunset
May 13th, 2014
Oil on Canvasboard, 8x 6 in
(sold)

I have never painted anything this small in oils. A company marketing their canvasboard gave me a free one in a paint order, and I was going to give it away when I decided “What the hell” and dove in. Technically, this is not plein air – as I worked from a photo and did so inside, because the hot weekend weather has retreated in embarassment after having gotten too carried away this weekend. I thought I was going to have to paint with a brush, in fact I thought I wanted to – but as usual, the knife just did a better job – or I did a better job with the knife than the brush. There’s glare on the left and I might need to level off the horizon a bit but all in all, a good day’s exercise.