So, last Friday I painted near some small lakes. It was a scheduled paint out with a local plein air group. The morning dawned chilly and with a small sprinkling of rain. I decided to go anyway thinking the rain would probably clear up, and although it wouldn't be sunny, it might be a good morning to paint. A lot of the trees are turned color and with the water and reflections it might be very nice. Nobody showed up. Don't know if they thought it was too wet, or too cold or too dark? But it was fine, the rain quit by the time I got there. But here's the thing. There are 4 outcomes that could happen when painting.
1. You feel like you are on a roll - the painting pours out of you and comes out fine, pretty good. You are pleased with it.
2. You are not sure/don't feel like you should be painting that day, but you get into it and the painting turns out pretty good. You are pleased with it.
3. You are not sure you should be painting that day, and the painting turns out awful. You wipe it off later. You figure it was good practice and are glad you at least got out to paint.
4. You are really into painting, happy to be there painting, but little by little the painting goes downhill, turning out awful. You give up, go home and wipe it off later. You think - what went wrong? You figure it was good practice and are glad you at least got out to paint.
This was a number 4 day. Nice scene, nice morning, weather okay, but not so good outcome. You never know what you're going to get.
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