After painting five small paintings sitting on the beach at Galveston I decided it was time to attempt a larger painting in my studio, though this one is only 11″x14″. I would love to sit on the beach and paint this, but the beach is an hour away, not always practical. I think the beach at Galveston has a beauty of it’s own, it certainly has it’s own character. The lifeguard stand and the bright umbrellas say Galveston to me. Who knew I would enjoy painting the beach so much. Wouldn’t it be fun to travel and paint beaches? Okay, time to wake up now . . .
Anyway, I painted this one in my studio using one of the studies and a photograph. The study of the beach umbrellas I did on Friday was particularly helpful because I took the sky color from that painting. And the sand. This painting was a lot of fun, I loved painting all the bright colors and not worrying about the details of the people and stuff under all those umbrellas. I really enjoyed painting the little dabs of color as I moved farther and farther down the shoreline. I hope you like it.
Someone’s been busy.
Hey, Joan! I’m so glad you made a blog. It was so nice to hear from you again.
In this picture, I especially like that bit where the clouds meet the sky and I can see the underpainting. Nice composition, too.
Did you know that under your profile you don’t have your blog listed? Only your website. Is that intentional?
Silvina it’s great to hear from you too! Thank you for your compliments on my painting, I’m glad you like it. The underpainting showing just sort of happened so I left it.
I did not realize only my website was on my profile, I’ll go into cyberspace and try to remedy that . . .
Joan