Matt on the River

A few weeks ago I got a chance to head down to part of the Wisconsin River with my friend Matt. He wanted to fish and I wanted to do some 'plein air' painting (painting outdoors). So while he was catching bluegills, I had my folding chair and sat in the shade painting away. I was glad I had made those swatches of color I've posted about earlier. They were a great help in helping determine what colors the background trees were and which shade of blue the sky. It was a good exercise for me, as a lot of my drawing and painting I do from my imagination and this helped me work on seeing the colors as they actually are.

Matt caught eight fish.