Our little sketch group met at Oak Park Mall to sketch and I've always wanted to draw the carousel. Never mind that it's so often in motion and never stops in the same place. The perspective was totally sadistic! I gamely painted away, then searched for other things to fill the page. Keeping to the pink and yellow carousel, I found the perfect shoe, the kind I can't walk in but love to see.
That's when hindsight kicked in: I went up to the floor above to find a perfume bottle and realized that the perfect painting view of the carousel occurs from above - simplified perspective! And I suddenly realized that the best way to paint the moving object is from the carousel itself! Seated on a bench or horse! So I need to make another trip, and this time I'm going to ride! Don't say you can't teach an old dog new tricks....it just takes a little longer.
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