And I'm Off!

Feeling rusty and anxious about "re-entering" today,  

I challenged myself to do a 

"No Map Exercise".

The idea is to paint just the big shapes in the right value

without any pre- mark making, measuring, or drawing!

(No map.)  

I know a lot of awesome painters who do this very successfully

 but to me, it's like driving without my glasses. 

(I'm such a girl scout. I need a map!)    

You can see where I cheated on the orange pitcher, 

and got off track with the yellow cup. 

(Those red marks are from a previous start)

It's great to be back in the saddle !