July 23, 2012
I’ve been wanting to paint at the beach for days, if not weeks. Today I
came down to Long Beach and set up next to a lifeguard tower and almost
directly across from a power plant island. I
really enjoyed making these and I am pleased with them. I especially like the
last one of people sitting on the beach with the view of the pier behind them.
I painted this one without sketching in pencil first. I just laid my washes in
and left space for the people. It took some thought and planning. Not to
mention patience since I usually sketch in pencil first.
Special
thanks to everyone who took the time to look at my artwork and fill out
a survey for my thesis!!! Major props! Chapter 4 is done stating my
findings!! One more to go!!
Here are a couple of watercolors I did on the beach in Santa Barbra on 7/29/2012:
Both of these were combination of washes, wet on dry, and a small bit of pencil or watercolor pencil done on 5 x 4" Arches 140lb cold pressed paper.
Here's a few pictures I snapped of the scene in between turns of Jenga and painting:
