Hello everybody again.
It seems that fall is finally here for the rest of the world, except for us. I participated in the World Wide Paint Out event last Sunday, Sept. 15. See link to website/facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/
Hallihallo! Es scheint, dass der Herbst endlich eingewandert ist, ausser bei uns. Letzten Sonntag nahm ich am "Weltweiten Malfest" teil, siehe website in den links oben.
The location for our area was the boardwalk in Daytona Beach on the beach. I got there at around 10am, and it was blazing hot. Although I had to be in the full sun all during painting, I selected the old arcade at the boardwalk which had always caught my eye in the past 20 years I have lived here. I love the colorful funky jesters sitting on the fassade of the building, and I positioned myself next to Randy Pitts who was painting a surfer, looking in the other direction.
Unsere gewaehlte Stelle war der Boardwalk in Daytona Beach, und Mann, war es heiss! Ich waehlte eine Szene, fuer die ich die ganze Zeit in der prallen Sonne stehen musste, doch ich hatte sie schon fuer fast 20 Jahre im Auge. Ich fand die komischen farbenfreuen Clowns an der Fassade ganz suess und genau, was ich mal-bar finde.
I met some of the other painters there, but after being in direct sun for almost 3 hours I had enough. I think I will finish it at home.
Unfortunately - and I know this! - it really is bad to have your painting in the sun, because as I brought it home it looked much darker than when I worked on it in the sunlight. I might have to lighten some areas when I finish it, but that's no big problem. I am very satisfied with the painting, I approached it a bit differently than usual: I painted directly top to bottom, without laying out the shadows in my thin wash. And I actually got the proportions right. Man, I just LOVE architecture! ;-)
Nach 3 Stunden war mir die Sonne zu viel und ich verabschiedete mich von den anderen 4-5 Malern. Leider lernte ich nun selber, dass man nie in voller Sonne malen soll, denn das Bild war daheim viel dunkler, als ich dachte. Ich muss jedoch noch eine Stunde oder so damit verbringen, unten alles zu vollenden, und werde dann ein paar Stellen aufhellen koennen. Das werde ich dann zeigen, wenn ich fertig bin.
Now that it's cooler, all the events and festivals are starting up, and I promise I will post more.
Nun kommen alle anderen Kunstfeste, und ich kann endlich mehr postieren, bis dann!
