Turkey Run Paint Out

Today was a beautiful day for a paint out at Turkey Run State Park sponsored by the Wabash Valley Artists Society.  There is nothing like painting outdoors, in the deep forest on a hiking path with breezes and sounds of a pileated wood pecker to get the creative juices flowing!

For the first time, my French easel was used as intended on uneven ground.  The telescopic legs were easy to adjust to create a level painting surface on a rocky walking path.

When we spied out the painting sites, I was immediately attracted to this old tree with gnarly roots growing out of the craggy boulders along the edge of the path.  The sun splashed dappled leaves in the background set off the shadowed tree.

After a trip to Twin Rocker hand made paper enterprise yesterday, I had a supply of their handmade paper.  This was painted on a 1/2 sheet of Twin Rocker deckled paper.