Plein Air Painting At Merriwa River 

Really lovely Kate, and great save ❤ excellent! Love the willow over the river and the sounds of birds and nature in the background, perfect ❤

Lovely painting and nice recovery at the end. You handled it well

Your a painter you can fix anything.minor set back.looks great.good job

What a beautiful painting. Love the clouds and shadows especially. If the wind blew it face down it could have been a lot worse. Great damage control it’s one of your best maestro !

Well done Kate, it turned out okay. You could probably see more damage than we could, it's only when the camera is up close we could see anything. We have all had days when things went wrong but you are amongst friends here. Well done, in the end it was fabulous. 😁🎨🖌️🖌️🖌️

Good as always Kate!

Great recovery .

Kate , I love watching your videos, and I love your enthusiasm. I did have a question I was wondering if you put gesso on the board before you paint. Keep painting, luv your work.

That's a cracking good one mate bugger but its not the end of the world you are a true professional you will make it all good.

Kate, what do you think about this poem about your painting: Ode to Kate Bonnie’s Merriwa Adventure In Merriwa’s air, with brush in hand, Kate painted the river, the view so grand. With willows and shadows, birds chirping away, The perfect plein air kind of day. But oh! The wind had other plans, It tossed her painting, disrupted her stance. A splash of solvent, a canvas marred, Yet Kate, the trooper, wasn’t scarred! With grace and skill, she made it right, Her damaged painting back in sight. "Great save!" the viewers cheered with glee, “You fixed it up so perfectly!” From clouds to shadows, her work admired, “Your trees are magic, so inspired!” "Bravo, maestro!" the comments chimed, Each word a testament to her time. Seven hours outside, what dedication, Even through a near devastation. But Kate kept on, with paint and heart, A masterpiece, a work of art. So here's to Kate, who braved the day, And turned mishaps into bright display. With every brushstroke, you soar so high, Your art, Kate Bonnie, will never die!

Another great painting and vlog. You spent seven hours outside! jeez your a trooper! You saved the painting though and it turned out wonderful, I love the trees you paint and the shadows make them pop even more. Never painted with oils outside 😅 but would love to. 💜🖌️🎨

Does it feel a little like you're sabotaging your work when you have to cover up a background with foreground trees and things? I would think that would be hard. You're so talented.

Wow, Kate, you did a miraculous save on your wonderful painting. I know how disheartening that moment the wind sent things flying probably was for you. And that your solvent, etc. was pouring out into the ground…I think I might have cried at that moment! Anyway, I want to commend you for keeping it together and successfully touching up your really amazing painting. All of your paintings wow me. Many of my watercolor paintings do not turn out as I hope. Some turn out great..which keeps me painting.😊 I wanted to mention that an artist painting demonstration I saw once said all of his paintings are inspired by shadows…many times shadows of ordinary things or views. I just wanted to share that when you were talking about the shadows of your trees and how you have not used shadows enough in your paintings.😊 I hope you have a great day and since you have already experienced your “almost disaster” for the year you won’t have to have any more. 🤞🤞🤞😊

Had we not seen what happened we would have never known. Great recovery - and I love the painting! ❤❤

Very nice painting kate ❤❤❤❤

i liked the clouds a lot, too bad you covered them with poplars :) they looked rly nice, specialy the one on the most foreground (closest to horizon). If you want to watch some tutorials on how to pain clouds then i recommend wholeheartedly a yt channel called Painting Skies. There a dutch painter who specialisies in sky/sea scapes explains some techniques. Rly good stuff and it may be handy for painting on boards. ;)