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I agree. The subjects we paint at my weekly group are very varied from portraits, landscapes and seascapes to still life I find many of them very challenging and initially uninspiring. Despite this, each exercise is great practice for drawing sills and tonal identification.It does me good to belong to two art groups because I often get nudged politely into painting things I would never normally consider. I may not enjoy it as much but it's made me a better artist and I console myself with the thought that I can do another train next!
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Heather, can you pop a photo on. The reason I ask is because In May our sketching club is running landscape painting plein air with oils for those interested. I've put my name down for it. I'm looking for somthing lightweight to paint on and carry my stuff in. Is this the kind of thing that might be suitable. Thanks.
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Hi folks, thanks for ideas. Fortunately, or unfortunately whichever way you look at it, my art group location is a 5 minute walk away. I couldn't bring myself to drive there especially as I can see it from my home 😄.
But I do have a vertical carrier for larger pictures, and a cardboard box held horizontally for smaller ones. The rest of my stuff is in an old fashioned shopping trolley. Neighbours think I'm batty...I don't care. 😂
I suppose I like to paint in layers, so it's at least a week between them, meantime art group may have moved onto a different subject. It's the number of unfinished items that's the problem.
If I try to keep to just one oil on the go at home, and use the acrylics as practice, it may be the answer.
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