The next day, the art gallery was having a slide presentation about Jack Davis which I tried to RSVP to, but I did it too late. I went over just on the off chance I could sneak in but at worst I got to see the Jack Davis drawings again in a much less crowded atmosphere. Again...if you have the chance to ever see his work in person, just go. His sense of humor is contagious and you can NOT leave without a smile on your face.
HOWEVER...I had waited too long so the presentation was full. But I did get to see Mr. Davis again. So I looked around a little more and then headed out to paint.
I literally just walked across the parking lot to the St. Simons Island lighthouse area and set up my little rig. I got my little portable folding chair and set up my paints.
I actually had my first people come up and see what I was doing. It wasn't nearly as weird or uncomfortable as I thought it would be.
So I got this one done and I wanted to paint a little more. So I started wandering around the area. There was a nice road scene that had live oaks forming an interlacing canopy which I really liked. However, I kind of had to sit in the road and then the mosquitoes showed up. Nope.
Back to the pier in front of the lighthouse. There was a cluster of trees and there was this one beautiful REALLY old live oak off by itself.
I was fighting this one originally. I drew it out in pencil and then started the watercolors. It wasn't working. It irritated me to the point that I just grabbed an ink pen and started scribbling over it. And then magically it got better. Once that happened, I put more watercolor on and it felt much better to me.
I was really pleased at how well my little painting rig worked and it was pretty light to carry around and I felt comfortable working on it. I look forward to doing more.
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