Weather to Paint

Well we have been having the strangest weather here in Copenhagen. Sometimes the sun is out in the morning and then it gets so grey and begins to rain, then it stops, the sun tries to come out again, then swoosh...rain again, and today there was a bit of hail???. It is also windy and cold with temperatures around 3. At night it goes down to 0! No sign of Spring here!

As it has not been nice at all to go outside and play, I have been working quite a bit these days on my “End of a Beach Day” painting, and I thought I would share my progress with you:
- I Worked on my kitties, and I decided on the colours for my umbrellas and beach chairs (orange, green, yellow) for the right side and then (blue, green, yellow for the left side – opposite main colours for the cabanas). I still need to add some purple lines in between the colours and I will do some modeling work on them. The colours I used are very typical of the Italian Riviera (ahh my fond memories of Alassio).
- Added a dark coat of prussian blue/paynes grey on my bike. I will also do some highlights and a bit of modeling on the bike to punch it up a bit, not too much because I want to keep it simple and I did a bit of modeling on the blue beach huts with the left over paint.
- I also just blocked in some green for the grass and some paynes grey/white/prussian blue for the asphalt. I am not to sure about this yet – I may remove the grass. I am just experimenting at this stage. Well, I still have lots more work to do, so I am off to have some lunch and do some more painting. Andreas is working late tonight so I can just paint non-stop without making dinner…LOLOL. I love those days sometimes when I am painting and on a roll!
I would love to finish the painting by the end of the week! Have a great day!