In the studio 6/26/16

My journey with Picnic is meandering.  Originally, there were a lot of figures in the background.  Then, deciding that was too distracting, I took out many of them.  That’s when the painting stalled.  Eventually, I realized that the mass of background figures is what attracted me to the subject.  So I put back the painted-over figures and then added even more.  There are 30 in the painting at last count.

'Picnic' on the easel

‘Picnic’ on the easel

Behind the painting on the right is a new canvas.  I put the oil-based ground on it yesterday.  I applied the ground with a scrapper, which makes my favorite surface.

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