Plein Air Self Portrait in progress

Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches (46 x 61 cm)

Yesterday our assignment was to paint figures in the landscape, in this case a bunch of kids paddling around in kayaks and canoes. I found this impossible to do given that the little charmers were in constant motion on the water, like a group of ducklings. Today I began a painting featuring a figure in a landscape, and the figure was yours truly. The only drawback was having to schlep a large, heavy mirror out to the river!