Day 10: Afternoon on the Railroad Tracks
This afternoon I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to paint, so I started driving towards the lake in Mt. Dora. I just began winding around all the little back roads near the lake and crossed over the railroad tracks, and saw this place, what a wonderful place! Unfortunately I had only a short amount of daylight left, so I frantically set up right on the road and set to work. Everyone was out, mostly walking their dogs or enjoying a little sun after the last 2 days of rain. One man driving by even slowed down, rolled down his window and shouted, “you’re painting!” I laughed so hard, I just about fell down. I didn’t know what he meant exactly, but I liked the whole mood of this place. Then, out of nowhere a man with a bag slung over one shoulder walked by, said hello and began walking down the tracks into my field of vision into the distance. I had just barely started and so didn’t get the opportunity to capture him. I felt like just for a moment I was in another time where travellers walk down the railroad tracks with their bag slung over their shoulder. It was a cool and a one of a kind moment that really made my day for some reason.Today I just had to come to terms with the fact that I really don’t have enough light to paint landscpes after getting off work in the afternoon, the sun just goes down too fast. I’m not sure what this will mean and how it will change what or how I paint, but I’m going to keep thinking it over. I just love being outside and painting and it’s really proving to be a challenge. Maybe I’ll just keep at it, trying to improve on my ability to get the big shapes and values down in the short window that I have, using my memory to finish them up at home. It’s probably the one of the best exercises and most valuable for painting landscapes. Let’s see what happens.Until tomorrow..Thanks for reading, and I’m really enjoying my nightly “letter” to you. As always, please feel free to write to me or comment on the blog, it’s great to hear from you.You can share this newsletter by subscribing to the enewsletter sent out daily at https://kellymedford.com/email-newsletter or follow along here on the blog.All paintings are 6×8″ and for sale. Each costs $100. You can buy this one or any others at the following link from my website https://kellymedford.com/works