Better than fishing

I painted with my friend for about two hours today. She told me about "Goo Gone" for keeping my brushes like new and I got a good start on an under-painting. I like the play of light and dark in this painting, but the color of this photo taken with my new handy dandy iPhone 4S is much cooler than the original painting. I especiallyI like that in the water. I will let it dry and play around with the colors a bit. That is the beauty of oil you can always make changes. It is painted on gessoed board with mitered side that Randy put together for me. The gesso gives you a slick surface that lifts easily making it  interesting  to paint on. to get a smooth surface will require many layers. Some would rather go fishing, but It makes my day when I can  paint—I am fortunate to have that luxury. The hardest part is stopping.