Year Two Day Ten - Redwing

Dear all, 

Today, day 2 of my painting class, we were told to meet in the [small] hamlet of Redwing at 8:30am. Thinking I was now a connoisseur of the rural 'back roads' [huge mistake], I set off in the morning with a vat of fresh coffee beside me, sun glasses engaged and a 'rough' idea of where I was heading. Well, turns out that the rural back roads of Georgian Bay all look exactly the same and I had absolutely no idea where I was going and got lost immediately. Fortunately, I have a good grounded sense of direction and managed to navigate myself back to base by using the Magestic Blue Mountains as my guide and once back in the safety of Thornbury, I consulted the map. Still not much use I might add... but I managed to find the class, albeit 15 minutes late. 

My class, on the other hand, was an absolute triumph. I loved it. It was 25 degrees. We were painting at a fantastic location on a farm on the hill; it was glorious. The farm was located in Redwing [**see Title] so I thought this a worthy topic for Day Ten having fought so courageously through the morning 'traffic' to find it.

I did a little Internet based research focusing on Redwing and all I could find was reference to a brand of  work boots, The Detroit Redwings (Hockey?) and 'Turdus Iliacus',  a member of the 'Thrush' family [bird, not yeast infection].  

Redwing is so small that I would have missed it had I not been stuck behind a tractor and therefore spotted a [very small] hand written sign saying 'Redwing' on the side of the road. It is gorgeous! So small and so charming and there is a hill ( i.e. drama and definition in the landscape).

Redwing was truly a fabulous muse and I excelled ( for me) today. I worked hard on various techniques very new to me: trees and perspective, and I think it paid off. 

Here is one of my paintings from today ( My sister said she loved it apart but complained that I hadn't included the port-a-loo *Fair point*)

Nothing comes for free these days and today I succumbed to a mighty dose of sunburn after forgetting(??) to put on sun cream. Darren has already picked out my outfit for tomorrow and it involves a lot of light weight fabric and a facial sheild. I look like I am wearing a permanent white T-shirt. Gaaaaa 

Thank you again John for another fabulous day of painting!