People stop and talk to me when I go out to draw and paint in plein air. One guy reminded me that the Richmond Battlefield National Park at Cold Harbor is only a small part of the line of battle. They have a great map with lights in the visitor center showing troupe movements. It was complicated.
When I walked the trail through the Union trench one day , I thought the shadows looked good to show the walls of the trench at 2:00. At noon there’s a shadow going the long way down the trench.
It’s a narrow path through there so I didn’t take my easel in because I didn’t want to block someone else walking through. Sometimes an artist has to hold the sketchbook in one hand to draw and not use an easel. You get used to it.
