Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Painting in the padock



 Yesterday I had a friend over.  We packed up our trundle bags loaded with pencils, paints and paintbrushes.  We put on our sunnies, donned the hats and walked deep down into the paddock.  This was a dream I’ve had since moving into Pine Haven.  Four years and a bit and it’s here finally.  Not bad going huh....   Oh and we had our trusty fold up chairs too.   We drew a fair bit of interest from the cattle and Oz who saunter over to see whether there was any food about - a humans only purpose to them.  After a few sniffs here and there they decided there was nothing and stood close by us posing ever so wonderfully for us.   Out came the sketch pad, and freshly sharpened pencil.  The race was on to get the outline of a cow before she moved.  A line this way and that.  Slowly a picture emerged.  It was by no means a masterpiece but it was fun regardless.  It was peaceful and serene down in the paddocks.   While the lead flowed on the pages, a wonderful idea was discussed.  We want to do a “painting in the paddock day”.  The audience will be fellow artists and for a small fee which will cover admission and a light lunch, it’s bound to be a success.  If it takes off perhaps we can do it on a regular basis, we will have to just wait and see what transpires.  In the mean time we will be working on a date and an advertisement. 

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