Watercolors done at the Campbell Folk School

As usual we went to the Jon C. Campbell Folk School in April. I was there two weeks in art classes and was able to get out and do some plein air painting with my watercolors. The garden at the school was still being planted and was still covered from the cold. The garden painting was done in about two hours. The Rooster at the garden I did standing with my palette and paper in one hand and the brush in the other with my water can at my feet. One of the gardeners threw some treats into the chicken pen to keep him there, but of course he never took the same pose as the one I began with. So it was a matter of just taking information into memory and then working out the rest by looking at color.