Workshop Day 3

 

The Boss

Ready to paint
on an isle in a scene
of cool color, ultramarines
to cobalt greens,
in my mind I hear
the voice of an abbot,
or is it an Abbott,
hmm, yes, it is an Abbott,
"Be the boss of your paper;
don't let your paper
be the boss of you."

poem © 2015 Bruce McMillan
not for reuse without permission



Commission Study II

on a very windy day of the view from Susan Abbott's art workshop
at the Hummingbird Cottage Arts Centre in Hope Town, Elbow Cay,
Abaco Island, Bahamas for a work-in-progress for a school
library in Maine where I'd photographed and written
Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw (Holiday House 1993)
sketched plein air on February 7, 2015
12" x 18", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, #3 graphite, on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, sold framed, $170 + $9.35 sales tax + $15.65 S&H = $195.00

 
Commission Study I

on a very windy day of the view from Susan Abbott's art workshop
at the Hummingbird Cottage Arts Centre in Hope Town, Elbow Cay,
Abaco Island, Bahamas for a work-in-progress for a school
library in Maine where I'd photographed and written
Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw (Holiday House 1993)
sketched plein air on February 7, 2015
12" x 18", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, #3 graphite, on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, sold framed, $170 + $9.35 sales tax + $15.65 S&H = $195.00

 
Seeing the See of the Sea

on a very windy day of the view from Susan Abbott's art workshop
at the Hummingbird Cottage Arts Centre in Hope Town, Elbow Cay,
Abaco Island, Bahamas sketched plein air on February 7, 2015
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, #3 graphite,
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, sold framed, $100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $9.50 shipping = $115.00

 
Seeing the See 
of Hope Town Beach

 on a very windy day of the view from Susan Abbott's art workshop
at the Hummingbird Cottage Arts Centre in Hope Town, Elbow Cay,
Abaco Island, Bahamas sketched plein air on February 7, 2015
12" x 9", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, #3 graphite,
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, sold framed, $100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Beach Towel III

on a very windy day of the view from Susan Abbott's art workshop
at the Hummingbird Cottage Arts Centre in Hope Town, Elbow Cay,
Abaco Island, Bahamas sketched plein air on February 7, 2015
11" x 6", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, #3 graphite,
on half-sheet Bounty paper towel with impressions
NFS

 

Color Study

from a black and white class photo
at the Hummingbird Cottage Arts Centre in Hope Town,
Elbow Cay, Abaco Island, Bahamas sketched on February 7, 2015
18" x 12", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, #3 graphite,
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton watercolor paper
NFS

Susan Abbott Demo
Susan makes painting look as easy as . . .

1
Sketch

2
Paint

 

3
Done

"There is a lot of intense color in nature." -Susan Abbot

Susan Abbott's web site and blogs HERE