The Stretch

Day 5 of plein air painting on Cape Breton and I'm amazed and so pleased with the ease of this set up. It really takes very little time to get everything in place and begin painting. The pochade box works well. The palette space is smaller than I'm used to, but that might not be a bad thing. It forces me to be a bit more precise with my color mixing. (There is an attachment you can buy that extends the palette and doubles as a holder for a few brushes...but again, I prefer to keep it simple at this point.)

It felt so awesome to be standing in the sand in my bare feet, waves crashing beside me, curious seals bobbing in the breakers watching me, bald eagles, loons, ducks, gannets and seagulls above... painting this glorious scenery! Oh yeah...I'm hooked!

A close up of the point of land I was painting.

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