Roadway Pastel Sketch

Before I get too stale again, I brought out the pastels and painted/sketched from the garage to the roadways in front of our house.

For Scavenger Hunt 597

http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?p=21641577

Number 1, roadway - so many trees and muted greens, hard to make depth and distinction of the trees without too much detail

This is the scene, I forgot to show with my easel and painting included.  Maybe I will remember next time.

I bought some gloves to wear while painting.  They are medical gloves, cheap ones from the pharmacy section.  They were actually good.  They fit well enough that I could feel the pastel sticks and blend a little.  I hadn't worn or tried gloves for many years.  The gloves are much improved.  I will recommend their use.  My hands were a bit sweaty when I took them off so if I was painting for a longer time, I would recommend a break from the gloves once in a while.  My hands and fingers get so dry when I use pastels and the dust under the fingernails is so hard to clean off.  We will see if I like them after a few tries.  Actually all painting is hard on the hands.  When I use oil paints I put vaseline around my nails.  It works, but the gloves will be a better solution.  It will create some trash but will save on water!

We went to Red River for dinner yesterday to the Red River Brewing Company  https://redriverbrewing.com/  for dinner.  It is open air and we sat just under the "inside roof" off the deck.  The food was very good.  I had some fruity ale which had blood orange juice in it.  It tasted like "beer". Surprise.   I had a chardonnay with dessert and coffee.

The Brewing company is a fun place to have drinks and dinner.  They have some games and is very busy.  The Brewing Company has a pet friendly deck.  The dog next to them was large, too.  The one near the woman barked at a couple of folks but they did finally lie down.  They barked at Gene as we walked by on the sidewalk when we left.  A young man next to them seemed a bit uncomfortable, too.  Most people were excited to see them and a few kids petted them.  Not my idea of dining companions .. you decide.