Don't have everything you need to paint? - don't worry
Here is a sketch I completed today at a local stream. I've also included a page from my sketchbook to further illustrate some ideas I'll pursue later in the studio. This sketch represents the bones of what I'll work from later in the studio. A number of things added some challenges (some avoidable, some not) to this day of sketching. My brush carrier had opened and most of my brushes had spilled out in the car. Rather than go back I decided to forge ahead. Another "mistake" I'd made was setting up directly in the sun - but this was the view I wanted to capture. The paints dried very quickly in the pallette as well as on the paper. Oh yes - I also did not bring my easal or paper towels. So basically I brought myself and a partially stocked paint box :) I hadn't restocked since my last outing. Many year ago, any one of the above factors would have caused me to get frustrated and potentially not to have done any painting at all. I