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Comment by Thomas Ruckstuhl on April 2, 2015 at 23:51: Britt, i guess i would simply be overwhelmed by the large number of blocks, their size and beauty. I try to think of blockstudies not as an exercise to be completed but more like the regular training at convenient pace of a runner. A runner wouldn't think, oh boy i will have to do xxx runs this year to get into shape, but then i am finally through with it.

Comment by Britt Greenland on April 2, 2015 at 15:29: Oh how I was wishing I had done my block study exercises when I was looking at the Grand Canyon. I thought of you, Thomas. You would be in your element there!

Comment by Thomas Ruckstuhl on April 2, 2015 at 2:45: Thanks for your very kind comment, Dorian. Smiles back :-)

Comment by Dorian Aronson on April 2, 2015 at 1:58: Most Excellent Thomas! I so admire your hard work. Smiles ;-)

Comment by Christine Lewis on April 1, 2015 at 15:20: Thomas, this looks like it was effortless! Great job!

Comment by Thomas Ruckstuhl on April 1, 2015 at 0:10: Looking forward to see your blocks Stu. I love blockstudies, doing them and looking at the results of others.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 31, 2015 at 23:29: Thomas, my plein air gear is actually nice and tidy and I do keep the brushes and palette very clean. I have every thing except my tripod in a 40 liter daypack that is quite comfortable to carry. I set up pretty quickly and do clean up after myself. I just got a Strada mini easel 3 months ago and really like it. I use a limited palette with 3 primaries and 2 earth colors plus thalo green for mixing. This is working incredibly well for me. So no techs or assistants needed for painting. I've been painting outdoors now for about 8 years, but intensely (3+ times a week) only for the last 2 years. I have dozens of little panels (6 by 8 inches and smaller) ready to paint all these studies and a great light box that I made plus some scrap wood blocks already painted with acrylics. I just need to make a resolution to get going and I will get in the groove very quickly!!

Comment by Thomas Ruckstuhl on March 31, 2015 at 23:13: Stu, great story and funny pictures come up in my mind. I heard that it is not easy to change habits when work is done and life begins. I would be reluctant to go painting with you: hand me the ultramarine, the knife please .... Wipe this off, would you ;-)
I am sure you will love the blockstudies. There is much clinical to it. Lay down there please and let's see what colors you got.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 31, 2015 at 22:42: Thomas, you can't tell a nature addict to stay in the studio! My surgical practice will be all closed down in the next 2 months and I will be catching up on my VAA homework assignments and painting more in my studio. I will remain addicted to plein air painting, however, and will have to get my fix on a regular basis by getting out in nature. As to having all my brushes neat and orderly and everything totally clean on my palette, that won't happen. After years of conditioning as a practicing surgeon where I walk into an OR, get handed the instruments by a surgical tech, make a bloody (figuratively NOT literally) mess, strip off my gloves and leave, with the techs and nurses to clean up the mess, I am not going to suddenly change this type of behavior. So I will have to ruin a few brushes and make a little mud before I clean it up (literally). I'm not quite into the block studies yet, but it's coming up pretty soon!!!