We arrived just in time to pick up our packets at the registration in town, dashing to our host home to unload a few things from the car. Starting a little late, we scouted down the main road through Augusta Shores. As soon as I saw the light on Hickory Lake, I wanted to paint it! The very clear blue sky reflected so beautifully off the surface! Standing mid way up the drive, in the sun, I found my perfect vantage and sketched it out in paint. Starting a paint at 1:00 is something I almost never do, so the light was a challenge! I struggled to make sense of the light and shadow in the distant trees, I even had to walk away from my painting to clear my head! Haha! With so many daily paintings under my belt, this almost never happens. With perseverance I tried to make sense of it all as color came back into the scene with time. This painting took twice as long as it should have - and it ended up winning the Augusta Shores Paint Out!! The moral of this story is - NEVER GIVE UP! Painting number 3025 in 3025 days.
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