Contrary to popular belief professors are actually supposed to work during the summer. For example I run a research lab and answer emails in my office. Doing sciency things all day makes it difficult to switch into art mode, usually it would take me a few paintings to get into the groove on a weekend. Around 5PM I wandered the desolate campus and found this sun flower in the campus vegetable garden. I was standing arms length while doing this painting. In the background is an empty student residence building.
Campus Sunflower Study, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2022 (No. 3170a)
These are large steps where people can sit and talk, study, eat, and enjoy the powerful WiFi. The two buildings were reflecting in the windows of the other one, which created some interesting perspective angles. Tomorrow I might bring some slightly larger paper and redo these paintings. That is another sciency thing, to repeat things until they are perfect. Now I just need someone to send me a rejection letter for one of my paintings and it would be the complete science experience!
Campus Steps, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2022 (No. 3170b)
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