Recently, I went on a bit about the beauty of Sussex County New Jersey with a post that included some of my watercolors from the trip. This was the first time I also took oil painting gear on a vacation as I was able to manage things in a way that was compact and solvent free.
The paintings in this post are oil paintings of the historic Waterloo Village State Park. The painting above is one of the many historic buildings in the restored 19th century village along the once commercially important Morris Canal.
Waterloo Village is a charming place to stroll and have a picnic and paint. There are many classically dutch buildings and working structures (sawmill, blacksmith shop and so on). Strolling around gives one a sense of things from 100+ years ago and the setting is lovely. The painting below is of one of the bridges crossing an off-shoot of the canal.
