If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it [but] people would be better off buyin' chickens.
Anna Mary Robertson Moses

I can't believe it, but I got up at 5:00 in the morning, just like the photographers books tell you to do, and took my camera for a walk. Next time I think I'll take my tripod too.
It was a misty morning. Such beautiful soft colours. I want to paint landscapes but I don't think I'll get round to it this summer. I must make the effort to take more photos though before I go back to the UK.
I love my camera but it is heavy, so I'm reluctant to take it everywhere with me. Also I don't like viewing everything through a lense. I like to experience things first hand and I feel I have to switch gears when I look through a camera. Like I'm not really part of the picture anymore.

My eyes have been sensitized to colour on my walks and runs this summer. When I spend a lot of time mixing paint colours I find myself looking for those colours in the world around me. Becoming more sensitive to them. I have been mixing alot of warm neutrals like in this photo of my foot. I love the way the pinks and reds pop in this photo.

Painting continues but at a slower pace as I enjoy the company of my husband and friends.
Here's a quick pic of my painting tent.

Comments

[Amanda in GA]

Juju thanks so much for sharing these photos with us. They are lovely. I can smell the clean air of the misty morning.

[Fran]

Lovely images...makes me want to get up early, too...almost! Enjoy your hols.

[Lucy]

Your painting tent is so lovely, I'd like to move in! I'm not a morning person, generally, but your pictures make me want to get up early :o).

I painted my toenails that exact same color, they make me smile to look at them! And I think I have the same tan lines on my feet.

[lyn]

If you hear somebody gently tap-tap-tapping on the the door of your tent, with a bottle of wine in hand.
I'm sure it could be me. ( I wish )

[Jane]

Hi Juju, I'm impressed by your dedication to your art. I often THINK about doing something similar, but never have. Love the foot shot.

[shanna]

thank you for the dreamy post...your painting tent is even better than I imagined!

[kathleen]

That was so well said.

At first glance, I thought the first photo was a surrealist painting!

I left a little note for you last week under the canary photo in my blog, hope you found it/ find it. ;)

[africankelli]

JuJu, come back! We miss you. Get out of that artsy tent already doing all that great stuff and get back on your computer!!
~K