Smelling the Roses on Water Street

SOLD

The theme for today's paint was "come smell the roses", in honor of the newest sculpture added to Liberty.  Arriving with only 2 hours to paint, since I first painted the Farmer's Market, the only vantage that appealed to me was from the street, in full sun, right next to traffic!  With a construction fence directly behind me, I shifted an orange cone to my side, to alert the oncoming cars.  Pressed for time, I would have chosen a smaller panel, but I didn't have it with me.  So, I jumped in fast with the thrill of the task ahead of me.  After a quick sketch to get my composition fixed, I started painting in the masses quickly on unorthodox fashion!  I painted all shadows, then all highlights, then all brick, all greens, all blues, and etc.!  I never paint this way but felt it the quickest way to finish with far less brush washing in between.  The process worked - and just maybe I'll try this crazy method again tomorrow!  I finished this 20x10 painting in an hour and 45 minutes - and I'm all about saving time wherever I can! 

What an amazing honor to have this painting chosen for the Premier Purchase Award by the Liberty Arts Council at Liberty Plein Air!!  I had SO much fun painting this!  Painting number 5022 in 5022 days.