Keeping small canvas on hand all the time is a really good idea. When the day is about over from painting, but you know you still have light for maybe a 1/2 hour at the least. You have time to pull off a simple piece, you don't have time to overwork it, just get down the basics. This can end up being scraped off, or a keeper or one to use as a launching point for a larger work. This little 6" x6" piece was finished up as the sun was going down in Sedona Az. I just don't get to go up there as often as I might like so when I am there I paint! I didn't want to let the opportunity go. I keep 5" x7", 6" x8" and 6" x 6" in my canvas box all the time now. They are also a real good idea when you just aren't sure you want to do a large piece of a scene but do a small one first, if it works then pull out a larger canvas and go for it. Give it a try.
Keeping small canvas on hand all the time is a really good idea. When the day is about over from painting, but you know you still have light for maybe a 1/2 hour at the least. You have time to pull off a simple piece, you don't have time to overwork it, just get down the basics. This can end up being scraped off, or a keeper or one to use as a launching point for a larger work. This little 6" x6" piece was finished up as the sun was going down in Sedona Az. I just don't get to go up there as often as I might like so when I am there I paint! I didn't want to let the opportunity go. I keep 5" x7", 6" x8" and 6" x 6" in my canvas box all the time now. They are also a real good idea when you just aren't sure you want to do a large piece of a scene but do a small one first, if it works then pull out a larger canvas and go for it. Give it a try.
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