A Painting in Progress - Birthdays and BierWagens

Hello Everybody,


When I looked out of the bedroom window this morning, there was mist all along the River.
'It'll be too hot to go outside today,' said I.
'No it won't,' said H.
We went for a spin into Ediger for a small bit of shopping, then called into Siegfried's BierWagen on the way back.
'We'll call in for a Bier later on this afternoon since it's so hot' said H
But we went back anyway - during the long, cold winter, we often dreamed of the BierWagen - and here it is...... We watched a group of about 20 Mustang cars driving past along the Mosel. What a nice day for a convertible... (in this heat...)
H enjoyed his Bitburger anyhow.... (nice and cool in this weather)

It's an idyllic spot (especially when the sun shines).

I was going to take me paints out into the garden this afternoon and paint from there - but the thermometer went off the scale at about 52 degrees in direct sun (no Bees have booked a hole in the Ediger-Eller Hilton yet - all mod-cons, room-service pollen, en-suite facilities and no check-out until next April) - so back to me little studio, but the washing got dry and the cats decided that fur coats or no fur coats, they were going to stay outside. (Even though it was baking....)

But I worked away at my painting anyhow, working out the texture for the sky, deciding where the light sources are going to be.... I think that the light of the silvery moon, the light from the castle and the light coming from where Wilbur is looking to, will be enough to be staring with. I drew in a bit more detail for the castle, then thought, if I'm drawing the castle from this angle, it's from the other side of the River, so perhaps I should put the River in as well. Putting more and more in as I think of it - that's what's so good about acrylics. Someone told me once that if you worked in acrylics and spilled a cup of coffee over your work, it wouldn't matter, you could just wipe it off..... Red wine would probably give a nice spatial depth.... What a waste though when Alizarin Crimson would do the job as good as.... but I've just checked the spelling on the good ol' internet, and what an interesting colour Alizarin Crimson is....

Anyway, this is what I've painted today....(in between wiping the sweat from me furrowed brow)

I'm enjoying sorting out the detail and the different colours in the sky....

Many thanks Sandrine, for the Cat Treats.

And Happy Birthday Trev.

Tschüss!