Blue

I won't be posting my version of the red train car. Brie, yours just blows mine out of the water. So I'm going with blue.
Cold blue. Snow and sky. This is from a reference image, but it could have been painted anywhere near here lately. Cold and blue. Too cold for outside. My water would freeze to the paper.

Advertising in Red

Here's an oldie.

Last summer, Karen and I went out to the circus, sans children. Any parent will understand how freeing it is to go somewhere by yourself. Not that we wouldn't normally take the children to the circus, but we went to paint, and do a little plein air work. We found this amazing red advertising car and just had to capture it. As you can tell, my trees need some work, but hey, we never claimed to be good at this, right? We only claim to a love of creating and our current medium of choice is watercolors.

This little guy is still a work in progress, I still need to paint in the letters on the side with some white, either acrylic or gouache, but I feel like the gouache is still awfully light. Perhaps I add too much water? Some day I might figure it out, I've got a whole tube to use up.

It's hard to believe how fast two hours flew while we painted. Well, scouted the rather sparse grounds and then set to painting, which required filling water, looking for lost water containers and getting comfy on the rocky ground. It's always fun to sit and chat with someone that can finish their own sentences as well, and that won't try taking the paint brush and adding their own creative flair.

I'd love to say there is more to come, there is, truly, but as two busy mamas, I think this little blog is a bit on the back burner. Hopefully once this unnaturally cold weather has moved onto another state, we'll be able to get together and make a mess for you to see.

Cheers!