I went out to Concord to visit Robert Smith and then work on this painting after I stayed overnight.
I had a chat with Anna, an 84 year old fashion designer who told me its planned to knock down the old Bushels factory in the centre of the view, so it was a good thing I'd come to paint it, and now. I return I showed the materials I was using - a bunch of tube oilpaints as well as a little bottle of gum turps and another with gum turps mixed with a tiny bit of stand linseed oil which I use to thin the paint. The stand oil makes the paint lush and easier to apply and work, and also dry faster. But don't overdo it, the paint can do stuff like dry shiny in places(or crazed if you put lean paint over it)
The canvas before I started today in Prince Edward park in Cabarita Bay with Bushels across the water and regenerating mangroves in the foreground, which are being allowed to regenerate in this part of the harbour
This is what it looked like at the start of today, which I painted a few months ago the last time I came out here
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