Picaroon

Picaroon

6"x4" watercolor and gouache on paper

A little sketch for a future woodcut. This dinghy lives in Rockport, Maine. The double o in the name was actually the two eyes of a skull and cross bones, but I couldn't make that work. I'll post a better picture tomorrow, when I can take one in natural light.

The Martha-Gayle

The Martha-Gayle

4"x5" watercolor on paper

NFS

The Martha-Gayle is a lobster boat from Port Clyde, Maine, which we saw on our recent boat trip. Painted using the Jo MacKenzie approach.

White House Monhegan

White House Monhegan

4"x5" watercolor on paper

NFS

Just a quick small watercolor of the white house on the east side of Main Street on Monhegan.

This is my 501st post. Thank you all for your support over the last five plus years!

Red Sailboat Watercolor

Red Sailboat Watercolor

4"x4"

Red Sailboat darks only

Red Sailboat darks and midtones

 

Palette, sketchbook, and brush

One of the fun things about Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, is checking out the other paintings and painters. I've really enjoyed the watercolors by Jo MacKenzie, and reading about her process, which is to paint dark to light, the way we do in oil painting. So I bought her book, and above is my first attempt at using her process. I like it!

Red Sailboat Watercolor

Just a little watercolor in my sketchbook of my three favorites from the previous post.

Lemon #6

Lemon #6

4"x5" watercolor on paper

I think it's a great learning experience to explore a subject in different mediums, so here is lemon #4 reappearing as a watercolor. I'd like to get more experience with watercolor, because it's so convenient to take along when traveling, or just going about your daily routine. I could've chosen a better paper here, just one of the things I learned. The background is actually a bit more green than in this scan...

Any more favorite lemon paintings before I include them in a post? Thanks to those who've spoken up so far, I'm enjoying the exploration.