Sunday, July 12, 2015

Picchetti Winery Painting Day

Up in the hills above Cupertino, near where Terri Nuckels and I used to mountain bike 20+ years ago, is an open space district with a working winery inside. Picchetti is historic. Some nice old barns, winery building and a house.
We did have fun, though a small group, today. Painting up here was pleasant, though not really moving.
I am not satisfied with this painting at all. It's passable, but looks amateurish. And the color rendition starting with my cell phone is really way off!
Learned something, or reinforced what I thought from last time: Painting on those cheap canvas boards is not what I like at all. I prefer the stiffness, absorbency and smoothness of gessoed panels, and I think I'm going to stick with those from now on. Paint flows better, drawing with the brush is far finer and less frustrating, and coverage seems superior.
Anyway, here's today's product and a picture from a different viewpoint.


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