Day 2, Sun

Hadn't known I was so tired. Slept 10 hours for the third night in a row, waking once at 4:30. Did I give myself permission to oversleep? The virtual absence of anyone else's needs and schedule intersecting mine must be a key to this state. In any event, I am rested. The sun is out steadily (having not shown itself through the cloud cover for more than moments at a time yesterday) and so I will go for a drive and look more closely at a spot that caught my eye on Sunday. Yesterday's painting was a struggle as I have not figured out the best studio-lighting-to-easel orientation yet. It's a 30x30" linen, and I'll attend to it again after some fresh air. It is more evident to me now that I've been spending my painting's requisite drying times attending to household chores; without those in front of me, I may start a second or even third painting and work on them all together. Not sure if I can work that way. I took a small canvas and paint kit down the road yesterday around 4:00 to catch the bit of sun hitting the lake. From the road the air through the screen of trees seemed a grey-green with an grey-apricot haze here and there. So windy and cold that I abandoned the effort after a quick slap-down of underpainting and a few photos. Call me fickle; I like to be warm when I paint.

Some spilled tea near my cell phone must have stuck to its lens resulting in this ghostly image of the studio. I like it!