| Lauren Everett Finn |
| week 39 |
| I just spent a terrific couple of days plein aire painting in Marquette MI. with some wet canvassers...I painted 4 paintings and some sketches in my sketch journal....but did I paint a 8 x 8 shape? NO! ( I did attempt one in Marquette...but it didn't turn out too well ) So this morning ...as has become my pattern...I began my painting for the week . I stopped to visit my mom in Honor Mi...(near Traverse City),on my way home from Marquette, and did this painting sitting on her screen porch. Her flag is at half-mast for President Reagan...and I suppose I wanted to paint the scene as a bit of a tribute to him. As I look at the scanned painting....I added the diagonal tree in there at the last minute to help the composition a bit...but it needs some additional color...it's pretty flat...and looks like an afterthought....which it was .....:-) |