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Friday, May 29, 2009

Middle America 4x6 oil

Today, like many days lately, was overcast.  Kim Vanderhoek and I planned to get together to paint plein air, but decided to paint inside instead.  It turned out to be a misty overcast morning.  So with that decision out of the way it was on to what to paint???  So I got out the Different Strokes For Different Folks challenge and painted that.
It was fun because it was about creating color.  The reference was a desaturated photo of a farm in middle America from one of Karin Jurick's many road trips.  I painted small as  I wanted to complete it in an hour, give or take a few minutes.  Love when I paint with Kim as we have a very specific time frame and it pushes me not to dottle, or noodle.  
Now the problem I have is it has been so long since i completed one of Karin's challenges I can't remember how to make it 450k and 300dpi, with out getting this little tiny thumbnail.  So I hope to send it over to DSFDF if I can figure it out.