I didn’t go to my Monday class last week as I was having my first cataract surgery. That also meant I didn’t do too much painting early in the week.
I did do some work on the Red Boat House painting on Wednesday — mainly experimented a bit with some areas of water. Then in class on Thursday teacher (Ed) suggested I spend most of my time fixing the pylons under the boat house. They had been bothering me, as they were not straight. Ed said not to worry about whether they were straight or not but to fix the values and color and get the lighting correct. So I worked on those issues, and while I was at it, I decided to go ahead and try to paint in some of the cross-wood pylons. Then I worked on the water in the area under the boat house. And finally, I repainted the boat to try to get the shape more accurate. The boat will now have to be repainted again, as I’m not crazy about the colors. at home over this weekend, I started reprinting the mountains. I experimented with some different colors. Values not good, so I’ll be redoing that area — the mountains on the left side of the painting. (I didn’t have time to take on the rest of the mountains, but will try to get to them soon.)
Finally, I worked on the water in the lower right side of the painting.
LJ and NJ 