Yesterday, the Plein Air Painters of Maine (PAPME) painted at Shipbuilders Park in East Boothbay. Not wanting to miss the comraderie of painting with my friends, I decided to go despite not wanting to paint at that location. Instead, I brought the drawing of the birch tree and the day lily. My friends were intrigued, because they said I was basically painting from memory.
But the memory wasn't just of the actual tree and day lily. The memory I was working from was the sketch I did of the scene. A preliminary look at the object you want to paint involves doing a study that requires a detailed observation. It also makes the painting procedure easier because you have already studied the shapes and made the compositional decisions ahead of time.
Study, compose, remember.
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