...the sun's never there when you want it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ0AI_w_70w
Weather's been noticeably iffy lately. Cloudy and a bit chilly all this week with just the odd bit of intermittent sunshine. Hopeless for painting. Started that picture of Didier's maize field well over a week ago. Haven't been able to finish it due to lack of mid-day sun. All that's left to do are the maize plant shadows on the earth and a few trees round the edge. But, as mentioned in my last posting, the maize is growing at such a rate that very soon the plant shadows and earth will no longer be visible. In the last week alone, everything's grown upwards and outwards about a foot or more. Think I'll just have to go up there tomorrow, sun or no sun, and just rattle it off, mostly from memory.
Did a quick painting last Saturday. A late evening view of Christian's field out back with newly rolled hay 'wheels' dotting the landscape and casting long shadows. Worked on it for about an hour before the sun dropped behind the trees. Planned on going up there the next day to finish it off but... a) it clashed with the mens' final at Wimbledon, and b) the farmer had removed the hay stacks that very afternoon. No problem thought I. I'll finish it off on Monday evening. Can't be too hard remembering how the stacks looked. The tricky bit is getting the light right. And you don't need the stacks for that.
Typically, we haven't had a sunny soiree since then. Until last night. So yesterday evening I dashed out there for a quick half hour's paint sploshing when the sun was low. Ran out of pale yellow. Ain't perfect but it'll do.
