I was able to focus a lot on painting and my process over my week-long winter break. It was so nice. I made a point to go outside to a park every morning right when I woke up and painted for an hour or two. I began every session by journaling for a half hour. The days were warm, some were cold, but overall it was a really awesome experience. One day, I wasn’t able to get to the park in the morning because of an appointment but I went later in the day. There were more people than ever before because it was later in the day and I hated it! I felt watched! People were very interested and asked me questions about my art and why I was out.

I also started to leave my paintings there. I wrote a message on the back of the paintings asking for them to be taken home to enjoy. It was interesting that people were hesitant to take them home. After the first few days, people came up to me and asked if I was the one leaving paintings around. Someone even took a picture of the first painting I left and was upset that someone else took it because she wanted it. It was cool! People said they would keep coming back to the park in hopes of finding one of my paintings to take home for themselves!

In terms of place, it was cool that this park allowed me to get outside and paint, and that the people in the place were inspired and motivated to come back because of the hidden art. I would like to keep hiding paintings in public places, just for fun, but it was a cool outcome to my initial research of getting outside and painting in different places.