Beach Day at Birch Point

Beach Day at
Birch Point I

at Birch Point State Park in Owls Head, Maine
painted plein air on July 21, 2017
19.5" x 6.75" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and most permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Arches cold press fine grain
100% cotton watercolor paper
$340 USD including frame and shipping, $300 unframed

Beach Day at
Birch Point II

at Birch Point State Park in Owls Head, Maine
painted plein air on July 21, 2017
19.5" x 6.75" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and most permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Arches cold press fine grain
100% cotton watercolor paper
$340 USD including frame and shipping, $300 unframed

The Hand of David

David Dewey painting his demo at Birch Point State Park
in Owls Head, Maine, sketched and painted
plein air on July 21, 2017
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and
most permanence, and #3 graphite on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
NFS, gift to the artist

Ruth and Skye Observe

David Painting

Ruth Kaldor and Skye Maher studying David Dewey's
painting style during his demo at Birch Point State Park
in Owls Head, Maine, sketched and painted
plein air on July 21, 2017
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and
most permanence, and #3 graphite on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
NFS, gift to the artist

David Dewey Watercolor Workshop Day 5
2017 07 21
At the far end of the beach at Birch Point State Park we gathered
by the rocks that David has painted many times before.

1
"How do you paint rocks? 
How do you paint light?"

2
"I'm painting light. I'm not painting stones."

3
"Okay, the sky, there's yellow in the sky, and not a cloud."
"I'm going to bring that light down into the rocks
so that it pours over it."
"That's how you paint rocks."

4
Slow deliberate, well thought out, brush strokes,
more on the rocks, and a pause . . .

5
"Value is flat, color is form."

Cue the gull. And action...

6
Hmm. This bird is dreaming. No way is he going to be
painted today. David Dewey doesn't include birds,
including sea gulls, in his paintings.
Got that Óskar?

7
No John James Audubon treatments today.
Onward.

8
"I need to put another color in here,
a skin color (for the rock),
before I get to the blue."

David uses Kleenex to dab his brushes,
to dab his painting, to lift watercolor.
How much did he paint this week?
"Three packs of Kleenex this week."

9
A sure steady hand guiding well worn brushes.

10
"I draw during the painting, instead of doing
the whole drawing first, to break things
down into smaller pieces."

11
Under the rock: "That's just it, there."

12
"I'm not sure what I want to do with the water yet."

13
"Okay, water...

14
...just a little lighter, just to get a sense of it."
Done.

15
Like others painted and done, each one unique,
in his Birch Point Beach Rocks series. 

See David's 2014 painting demo
of these rocks on my blog HERE,
which hangs in our home. 

See Ruth Kaldor's 2017 painting of the same rocks
on her blog HERE, where you may leave a comment.