Yellow Umbrella

Yellow Umbrella
8 x 10
Oil on Masonite

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I goofed a little - this painting was done yesterday and the sunflowers were done today (Sunday, September 23rd). Anyway, it doesn't really matter. Yesterday we were at a "Paint Out' which is part of our local plein air event. I decided to experiment with both my yellow purple palette and a masonite panel that I had prepared a while ago. I wanted to start painting on masonite because I thought I'd like the hard surface and thought they would be great for plein air painting. I had a lot of trouble with them at first. I think the problem was due to some cheap paints that were purchased in a pinch when I ran out of some colors. They just slid all over the masonite surface! Anyway, I decided to try again with my good paints. So, yesterday I sat in the shade and just goofed around making this painting. I couldn't see very well since I didn't have may glasses, but thought it might add to the impressionistic effect! Anyway, I sort of like the painting but I'm not all that crazy about the flat texture of the masonite. The brushstrokes look sort of messy to me and just lay there! I will probably continue to experiment with the masonite surface but for now I still prefer canvas.

Here is a surprise - I entered this into the plein air event and won my first blue ribbon. First Place/Oil!