PAINT WEBSTER event May 10

Our neighboring community sponsors an annual event for artists to paint and draw the city, it's business district, churches, wonderful old houses, etc.  There were over 150 participants in their 8th annual plein aire event.  I decided to paint this lovely home in the area, with the early morning sun casting interesting shadows on it's face.  The biggest 2 challenges for me were the hot sun shining on my back, neck and canvas, and the constantly changing arrangement of the shadows on my subject.  I had a great time and had fun seeing all the entries at the award ceremony later in the afternoon.  The collection of paintings will hang at a nearby gallery for the next week.

"Illusive"

     These are challenging, although you might not see why.  They require a different type of "educated eye" to evaluate and work to get the desired results.....
"things that make you go, Hmmmmm"
 

My prize #133

 In the last post I showed my process on this painting.   Dailypaintworks was not able to find the info. for the daily posting, so I'm going to set it up again.   thanks

My prize #133

 

Worked bigger still today.... this time 12 x 12.  The actual bloom measures 8" across.   This time I've worked the background a little differently... I like it better.  It's true to what I was seeing, too.