Monday, November 3, 2025

This sketch was done over two sessions. I started it on a damp, drizzly day. I was sitting under a fairly well covered area and was doing fine for a while, until it started pouring. Then the ground around me started flooding as the puddles that were already there started growing. I noticed that the bottom of my backpack was actuallysitting in water so I packed up quickly before I had big problems...but the sketch wasn't finished. I went back this week (on a dry day) and finished it. Meanwhile I had to take almost everything out of my backpack so that the backpack and the supplies could dry. Luckily I keep all of the papers I'm using in protective plastic sleeves so they were safe.



2 comments:

  1. A relief that you dodged a worse water problem! Where was this? You're back home now, right?

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  2. This makes me smile. I like the sketch immensely. Perspective on the walkway is super. Rain story is good. Plein air can be interesting!! Happy you saved the painting.

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