Paint Out, Day 1

Yesterday was the first day of the Great Chattahoochee Paint Out, and I went to the Island Ford unit of the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area. Since the Paint Out is about the river, I chose the river as my point of interest. I really liked how the sky made the water so light and how it contrasted against the trees on the shore. Then about halfway into the painting, I saw a guy out there fishing. It was the perfect thing to throw in to really highlight how cool this river - which is in the Atlanta metro area - is.

I went back to Island Ford today and did another painting from the trail. I'll post it tomorrow. I do apologize about the photo. The painting has a lot of heavy paint and it is hard to get a photo without a lot of glare. One of the things on my to-do list is to build a solid set up for my photographs. For all my prints, I use a company that reproduces the artwork from a scanner, so that isn't a problem.

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