I Have Returned

About two or three weeks ago the school demolition crew brought in a new piece of equipment.  The 4043T pulverizing machine which turns the brick and concrete ruble into dirt and looks like this:



I'm not sure if the workmen walk in single file to hide their numbers, but dam... it turned a school into dirt!  Anyways, they are winding down the operation now and I return to painting as there is less noise.  Did I forget to tell you about the noise?  Well, it turned a school into dirt!

Okay, so here is a small 6 x 8" study of Split Rock Makonikey which I didn't get to paint or even look at because of the tides.  Well, because of the high tide.  The water didn't make so much of a chump out of me this time.

They Moved My Object of Interest

I was going to paint the scene in the first photograph, with the white boat as the main object.  But right after I finished setting up and laying paint out on the pallet, a guy moves the boat to the back side of the red barge thing.  It didn't matter though.  They wind blew my easel over three times that day.  And that's after moving it to a lower, less exposed level.





Anyways, the lesson learned is that with costal waters and off shore winds, it's near impossible to paint unless one gets started early in the morning.  How early?  Like 6:00 am early.  And be finished by 9:00 am, as the land starts heating up and creates strong winds.  Therefore I need to change to a morning person over the next few weeks.

And the early morning is a good time to paint.   The light is good.  Cooler temperatures being more comfortable.  Unless there is a storm front passing through, there is less wind.   Less chance of a pedestrian interruption.  So I'll be trying, not just up, but up, alert and ready at 6:00 am.