Field Trip Time

Packed it all up and hit the road.

The prompt from class this week was to get out of the studio!

But take your supplies with you.

I went to a little pond where people come to walk their pups or just chill.. a very quiet neighborhood on a lazy Sunday.. You could hear the flops of the fish jumping for a tasty morsel on the pond's surface..

My Furry Assistant went along for the trip.. curling up in my lap while I worked, snapping at a bug here or there like a little fly trap..

I first tried playing with some soft pastels, something I haven't touched since college.. I love working with them, but the powder it puts off isn't ideal for a rental situation.. so I took advantage of being outdoors without any carpet to ruin..

For some reason I wasn't really able to Let Go, as I can in the studio. I think the nerves of the people nearby got to me.. so I tried to relax painting some trusty polkadots.. circles.. love em..

I did have one lady stop on the path infront of me and ask if she could come look.. which I thought was rather polite of her.. though I don't think she was too impressed by my circles considering the luscious view I was peering at... But I like 'em.

Overall, I believe it is certainly worth getting out of the studio once in a while, taking in the cool fall air, basking in the patches of sunlight spotting the grass..

And the quiet... oh the quiet.. that was worth it.

So, I challenge you, gather some supplies and go create outside..

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns
in order to look at things in a different way. -- Edward de Bono