First PAP (plein air painting) session of the year (because of the weather rather than the temptations of a warm and dry studio you understand). At least four months since I was last out on the streets of Bath, so it's been a while, but ... no worries, what could possibly go wrong? I've got a commission to paint Henrietta Street from Laura Place - which is good, but ... ha ha ... no pressure then.
I lug all my gear from the studio only to find they've started some road works right in the middle of the agreed composition. Dammit. I figure I can just work around it and I can come back another time to finish the painting - the builder guy reckons they'll be gone by the end of the day.
So I make a start only to find I haven't bought my tube of white paint - how many times can I forget something crucial? DOOOMED! It's turning into a farce - and there's only a solo exhibition by Pete 'PAP legend' Brown just around the corner from here (cue manic laughter HA HA HA).
Still there's always tomorrow ...
Saturday
... NO THERE ISN'T! BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER *!*@?* VAN PARKED IN THE WAY!
and ...
breath ...
Regardless, I did bring the white paint and progress is made.
What luck hey, so many things went wrong.Despite everything your painting looks so good.I admire your confiendence to paint in a public space, something I would find hard to do x
ReplyDeleteThanks jabbott - it's still early days and I've got to put some figures in yet so it could still go pear shaped, but so far, so good. I think the confidence just comes from practice and starting in quiet places - I still find the prospect of painting in really crowded places daunting.
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