styles of beginning - 8" square

I have been experimenting with differing ways of beginning paintings......I tend to get stuck in ruts and am very sensitive about it so every time I feel like I am wedded to a certain color, surface or method, I try to change it a bit. Rather than using a brownish underpainting I decided to start with colored shapes today. It took a lot longer than I anticipated and I felt like I was all thumbs but decided to post anyway even though it isn't done. Another farmer's market scene.

westport harbor storm - 16x8

Last week we had a mixed snow/rain storm and I went down to look at Westport harbor.......I wanted to get the sort of opaque quality of the scene without painting snow per se. I have to add the name of the green boat when things have set up a bit - her name is: Alice T. I did go out painting at Warren's Beach yesterday and boy, was I rusty! I really just wanted to be outside and hear the ocean and lasted about 2 hours before my fingertips were practically frozen. It was awesome but I had to wipe out what I did.

dusk - 12x9

It is so beautiful here today but I wanted to finish this so I only went for a short walk and took some pictures. Tommorow is supposed to be as nice and I think I might try to paint outside at the beach......yipee!

morning - 12x9

I finished this - am not really satisfied with the trees and the way they overlap the bright spots but one has to stop at some point.

morning near my daughter's house - 12x9

Bad photo and just a start but I didn't begin until after figure drawing and then lunch so I got a late start! Thank God for painting because if I relied on what was going on in the world for my happiness I would be in trouble. I try to remain apolitical on this blog but it is becoming so hard.......enough said for now but I might just "go for it" one of these days.

cloud study - 8" square

I just felt like painting summer today.

industrial - 8x10

I love the patterns of industrial architecture..........this one a decrepit metal group of ladders on the side of the state pier.