Here was my subject on day 1
Plein Air painting is always tricky and full of surprises. You never know who you are going to meet while painting, what they will say to you nor what challenges you will face other than the on going moving shadows and changing subject. In this particular case, I didn’t have enough time to finish my painting. So I thought I would finish it up the next week if it was sunny. Boy, was I surprised when I came back.
Oh my gosh ... they drained the Lake!
When I returned to finish the painting, this is what I saw. It was just too funny. Who would of thought they would drain the lake? So not only was I dealing with a moving subject as the shadows changed everything, I had to also imagine where the water line would be on the rocks and what the water reflections would look like.
Dawn B Dwyer, Artist 