Too hot to Paint!

The Plein Air Thursday group had a weather related glitch...not rain,not wind but heat! Yes, Heat. Bangor is in the throws of an unprecedented heat wave. The group relished the thought of painting inside in an air conditioned room, so we headed off to the Senior Center.

We started off the session with an exercise to loosen up, to get our creative juices flowing. " A six pack in six " is an exercise where you divide you paper in six squares, paint one square in six minutes and then off to the next square. ( (I bet you were thinking that it had something to do with beer!!)
The group was courageous and gave it a try. We all agreed that it sounded more difficult than it was. We had lots of fun with it. Here is the results.

Gloria's 6 pac was a learning cuve for her in painting small images. I especially like her Tea Pot.

Michelle painted the glass coffee pot in her very first square. Wow Michelle, that was great. Her tea pot was also painted loose especially the paint brushes in the pot.

Fred painted this 6 pac and demonstrated his unique style. His spiral bound book and roll of tape was a difficult still life but Fred was able to capture it nicely. His roll of paper towel was also nicely done...in 6 minutes!

My 6 pac. I thought that this exercise loosened up my stroke. I really like this exercise, it was fun.

Fred painted this beautiful painting of Lisa's garden located in Orono. Fabulous Fred!

This is my attempt at a shed on Monhegan. I had trouble painting without an easel. I think I need to do some repair on this one. Keeping the lines straight was a problem. It is a work in progress.