Painting Fog.
Outside Elliston, 10x10 THIS TRIP, I have decided to be bold, be courageous, meet the challenges head-on. It's hard to paint fog with a brush. It's even harder to paint it with a palette knife. The knife is great for lots of things, but not for fog, which requires softness, edges that you can feel and sense but not really see. I usually shy away from painting fog. I wait it out, avoid it, figure it's beyond me. But this trip, I am determined to paint the things that scare me. Boats, cliffs, and yes, fog. Here is one of two fog paintings I've made so far on the trip. I hope you all like it! *** Moose!!!! YES! WE SEE MOOSE!!! Carol and I are outside Gander, heading somewhere - right now, I can't remember where - and it is a chilly, cloudy, gray, morning. We are going down a big hill, and Carol is driving and I'm looking at the map. "Whoa!" she yells, and pulls over. Backs up the hill. "Moose!" Thank he