SO WHY do this ? There is something about the painting you pull off regardless of the elements. Something that shows in the painting that does not appear in studio from photos paintings. At least , my paintings , seem to hold this to be true.
This past month , I have been painting in ST GEORGE ISLAND FLORIDA. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PAINTING I did four weeks ago. So this will not be quite a diary of my days of painting. Some of my efforts have been small craft paintings... using the photos I have taken since I arrived. I have taken hundreds of photos of birds, butterflies, shells. this water color tried to capture the fauna of the bay area. Some of these trees have been there for years.
This is from my many photos. Not sure of what i was tryig to say here.
This was done quickly to capture the men fishing as well as the surrouding scenery with EASTPOINT in the distance.
One of my favorite things to paint are people doing ... a job.. o r just going through motions.. their gesture s tell a story.
My first try the day I arrived.. Made chair too small. I will try again from photos. That is a nother chalenge of Plein Aire or painting on location. Errors.
Studies of people . Bright colors of umbrellas 
I took so many bird photos. I have turned them into studies.
more to come.....
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