When I eat outdoors, as has been the case for both breakfast and lunch thus far today, I eat al fresco.
When I paint outdoors, as has also been the case today, I paint en plein air.
When I put my iPhone down on a picnic table outdoors, as has further been the case today, I end up with a phone covered with a big glob of pine pitch—¡qué desastre!
I am away from home, staying at a small secluded rustic cabin on 45 acres of otherwise undeveloped land. My cleaning-supply resources are limited.
Dawn is the bird cleaner of choice in oil spills but pine pitch just thumbs its nose at Dawn Ultra brand dishwashing liquid.
Refuses to yield to 719 Walnut Avenue brand Ocean Mist liquid hand soap.
Laughs at Simple Green brand all-purpose spray cleaner.
Scoffs at Fantastik brand Scrubbing Bubbles heavy-duty all-purpose spray cleaner.
But Walnut Creeek brand 100% vegetable oil cleans my phone up easy peasy and has it like new in no time! Vegetable oil! Who knew?
I've brought with me on this getaway some 6x6" paintings done years ago on gessobord. I plan to paint over them this week, making new starts of some sort. That's it. Cover 'em up in one way or another and see what I do with them once I return home.
First gessobord, in progress:
