reference photos: Jackson Street

Tiny Tiki

So, here's an idea: lets get some people together and charter one of the Tiny Cruise Line boats for a painting adventure!

http://tinycruiseline.com/

The Virginia

Diane and I spent a couple of hours on Jackson Street today--perfect day for it.

 This is my sketch, which I drew first, but painted after doing the painting below, trying to be looser and less detailed.

9x12 Fabriano rough. I liked the way the paint settled into the texture, but there is very little lifting ability ...

Reference photos to come.

June 6-7 Cape May Reference Photos

Direct painting

I added Citizen Sketcher to the blogroll, right. 

It's really worth looking at. 1. For the beautiful paintings, 2. For the artist's commentary: each painting is followed by "what works" and "what doesn't work," which is a model worth emulating.

I signed on to Citizen Sketcher's FB page, #30x30directwatercolor2018, where I can see the work of other direct painters.

I painted these sketches last week to post there-- though I have to admit, they are not 100% "direct"! There are pencil guidelines.

What worked: I sat down to paint! And, in the first one, I like how the shallow water turned out. Painting that translucent blue water with the sand underneath always confounds me. Here, i painted it blue and while it was still wet, added a few streaks of raw sienna. That simple.
What didn't work: "direct" doesn't mean slapdash! I painted these too quickly, without much thought, and it shows, especially in the allover too unsubtle color.

Marie's class, June 6-7

Beautiful weather, great demos, lots of fun.

Let's try to keep it up!

Municipal boat launch, 8x12

 Municipal boat launch, 8x12

 

Cape May Point State Park, 12 x16