Working in the new studio

We have been having some rain in the past week which provides a lovely break in the hot weather.
It also washes down the dust and nourishes the plants.
These very hot evening bring clouds of bugs that are attracted to our house with the evening lights.
Some enter the house through the fly screens and die by our windows, but to keep all the windows closed without air-condition is not an option.
So to console ourselves, we bring to mind the beauty of the winter here with no bugs and the mountains painted in white while the house is warm and filled with the scent of a sweet fireplace.

I went into the studio today delighted to have finished the transition into the new studio and to be able to finally paint. I placed on the easel the painting I have started before our trip to Denmark.
It is always slow starting after a few weeks without painting.
Luckily this new style of painting is very free and soulful and does not engage my inner critics too much.
I started by practicing drawing of people in various postures, allocating less than a minute to each.
It is a good practice and very valuable if I desire to draw from real life.
Usually people in the streets do not hold a posture even for a single minute and it is best to be able to render the lines very fast.