Desperate Times

Make a list & actually look at it!

Things happen, and sometimes you have to make do. I was at the top of the Granite Ridge Trail (Killarney) with a painting group, when I realized I had everything except fresh canvas. There was a certain tree that I really wanted to paint, so what I did, was use a pencil crayon, a page from the magazine that I usually wipe my brushes on, and I did a sketch. I considered it to be the "plein air" part of the painting that came later from a photo. 

Here is the painting and the crayon sketch that helped me remember the important bits...because cameras lie don'tcha know!