Our hostess today was my friend, Dawn, who has lovely home on Lake Eustis.
8 or so artists gathered there this morning starting out in overcast but ending in beautiful sunshine. Dawn gave up painting to be our hostess making chili and cornbread! Oh yum.
Despite the fact that it was 85 degrees...the chili tasted great (it IS November after all.) and a slight breeze kept the temperature just about right all day and there was SO much lovely shade from her huge trees filled with spanish moss.
We had birds calling around us all morning and butterflies galore. She says they have a wonderful huge owl who sings to them at night. The lake reflected the sky as white which is the way I painted it...but as the clouds cleared to show more blue, then more blue appeared in the water....so I am going to have to go back and touch up the water a little.
This was done in acrylic. And I haven't done anything in acrylic for many many months! Can't even remember the last thing! Surely something back in August up north!I started with my usual orange prime coat (for tropical scenes). And I worked 16 x 20 which is really too large for en plein air!
But I just felt like working with big brushes today!
I was tired afterwards...4 hours (broken in half with lunch) on my feet in 85 degrees. I'll sleep well tonight!
JUST A GRANNY LIVING IN FLORIDA. I LOVE YOUR WORK. IT'S THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE THAT MAKE ME HAPPY. LAKES AND WILD LIFE. YUP THAT'S LIVING.
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LEESBURG, I KNOW THE MINISTER AT THE METHODIST CHURCH THERE. HE LOST HIS WIFE JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO. HE WAS MY MINISTER BEFORE HE MOVE THERE TO LEESBURG.SMALL WORLD
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