A bit of glare on the left side; sorry!

This afternoon Frank and I went to an abandoned feed and farm supply place near here so that he could take some photos of one of his favourite subjects, rusty old junk.  There’s plenty of rusty old junk at this place, and I’m sure a photo or two will turn up on his blog in the near future.

While I like looking at rusty old junk as much as the next person (i.e., it’s not as endlessly fascinating to me as it seems to be to some husbands I know), I thought I should take along my easel and some paints so that I wouldn’t get tooooooo bored while Frank did his work.  I knew beforehand that I wasn’t going to be especially inspired by anything there (we’d scouted out this location previously), but I thought I could find something interesting enough to keep me occupied for a while.  I ended up doing a quick knife-painting of a rusty metal drum and a couple of tires.  Junk at its finest, for sure.  I don’t know that I’ll take this painting any further, but it was a fun way to spend an hour on a Wednesday afternoon.

A gift for Liz

This snow scene is a gift for Liz, one of the students in my Friday afternoon painting class.  We’re having a Christmas painting exchange, with the stipulation that the painting be 8×10″ or smaller, and done entirely in class (and signed).  I drew Liz’s name from the hat, and this is the picture she’ll be getting on the 19th, our last class before the Christmas break.  The painting I’ll be receiving will be done by our teacher, Cheryl.  I have no clue yet what it looks like — I’m looking forward to it!

The Old Fenceline

This is the second of the knife paintings I finished.  I’m pretty pleased with the rhythms in it.  5 x 7″ is small enough that each painting can be done in a day or two (not so much painting time, but there’s lots of drying time involved because the knife lays the paint on rather thickly in spots).  Not much chance of getting bored with the subject when the painting is over so quickly.

I have a couple more small knife paintings on the easel right now; I’ll post them when and if they’re ready.