[Aquanet] A little plein air silliness

[patchapin at mindspring.com]

Considering the serious stuff we were talking about, this is the other end of the spectrum, yes?
  
In my youth I wanted to paint outdoors (artists didn't use the term 'plein air' then, they said things like 'landscapes from life' or 'paint outdoors').  However, I found when I go outside I am having so much fun being there I never can get focused on the painting part; I also seem to attract bugs, if there are any, my most memorable one being a bumblebee who rolled around my oil palette until he was liberally covered, and then managed to get on everyone else's car or jacket. Or there's wind.  I still have a collapsible easel with adjustable legs -- and it still collapses or arranges to have it's legs change sizes better than it does anything else, although I admit it is light and easy to set up.  

When you live in the tropics, you have the extra trouble in that if you have forgotten the tide schedule, you can be busily painting away, feel some moisture at your feet, and know for a certainty that you are too late to get your vehicle out of harm's way.  So, I went back to being a studio painter, although I love to go along with landscape artists and watch 'em, or snap photos.

Now I'm going to have to go back and watch some more of these silly sheep videos!

pat chapin
www.patchapin.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jack Russell 
  To: 'aquanet' 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 5:39 PM
  Subject: [Aquanet] A little plein air silliness


  As they used to say on Monty Python: "Now for something completely different." (Make sure you have your sound turned on.)

   

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjJ0emxm31k

   

  Enjoy!

   

   

  Jack



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