Boat by a House

Boat by a House

opposite the boatyard in Spruce Head, Maine
on September 13, 2014, sketched on September 13, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, wax resist, on 140 lb.
Fabriano Artistico cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
unframed, sold framed, $100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping
Also posted at Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge HERE.

The plein air location in the boatyard

David Dewey Watercolor

Workshop Class

David Dewey Website HERE 

Our class began with a reference to

noted painter J.M.W. Turner's watercolor

Boats at Sea.

1

Boats at Sea

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)

Watercolor on paper, 280 mm x 222 mm, after circa 1830

Tate, Acquisition accepted by the British nation

as part of the Turner Bequest in 1856

The art of Turner HERE

A biography of Turner HERE

2

The thumbnail sketch by David Dewey

for his class demo painting.

 

 
3

Boats and People on Land

4

The painting takes shape.

 

5

Wet watercolors are in the mix.

6

The subjects posing on land.

7

The art on the way to landing.

Boats on Land Perspective

by Bruce McMillan

Dewey painted

 boats on land

while on land.

Turner painted

Boats at Sea;

where was he?

 poem © 2014 Bruce McMillan

not for reuse without permission