Practice & Packing

   Bowditch Beach

                                                                                   wc & pastel

 

 

As hard as I try I can't fit all the supplies I need into my rolling backpack.  They are the minimal needed to paint for two weeks in Ireland this June.  Only about 6 weeks and we fly away to the emerald isle!!  It looks like I will need to be creative in finding a way to carry the tripod, tri-stool, and wc block & papers with me each day.  Luckily I can sew up a special bag that will have the closures and compartments needed to travel and keep things safe.

 

 

I plan to use a technique similar to the painting above for most of the work.  There have been stories told of the mist washing away watercolor and oils never drying, so we must expect a few challenges to our working.  A pen and ink will be the back up material for all of us artists I think.

 

 

Over lunch last week we talked about what to pack and how to pack it but mostly about how excited we all are to be able to travel again with FMBAA artists.  Thanks to Neil we will enjoy Ireland, then Sedona then back to Limoux.  We are living a blessed life I think!!

 

In the next weeks I will be painting as much as I can to get the brush hand limbered up and ready.  soon this blog will be filled with Travel Tales once again!!