Davis Point and Afterward

Photo in evening fog light of the Olsen House,
Andrew Wyeth's headstone and Ruth Kaldor
in Cushing, Maine on July 19, 2017

Afterward
After an art day,
she ambled past an art life
where the hay was mown.

© 2017 Bruce McMillan

 

High Tide Somewhere Else

at Drew and Peter's cove by Davis Point
painted on July 19, 2017
20" x 14" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and most
permanence, and Faber-Castell waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb.
Arches cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
$380 USD including frame and shipping

High Tide Somewhere Else
Study II

at Drew and Peter's cove by Davis Point
painted on July 19, 2017
20" x 14" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and most
permanence, and Faber-Castell waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb.
Arches cold press rough 100% cotton watercolor paper
$280 USD including frame and shipping 

High Tide Somewhere Else
Study I

at Drew and Peter's cove by Davis Point
painted on July 19, 2017
12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and most
permanence, and Faber-Castell waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb.
Arches cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
$120 USD including frame and shipping

Painting Fog

at the Drew and Peter's boathouse on Davis Point
painted on July 19, 2017
14" x 10" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and most
permanence, and #3 pencil on 140 lb.
Arches cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
$320 USD including frame and shipping 

Critique by David Dewey:
"This little mark (the purple/black of the
portable seat's backrest) makes the whole thing.
It's a little Milton Avery-ish."
"But you are an original."

Sketching by the Sea

Milton Avery, 1944
See forty-three more paintings
of Milton Avery's at Wiki HERE

David Painting by
the Boathouse

of David Dewey at Drew and Peter's boathouse
on Davis Point painted on July 19, 2017
7" x 5" (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. Fabriano
Artistico cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$120 USD including frame and shipping

David Dewey Watercolor Workshop
Day 3
On a foggy sunny day
2017 07 19

Quotations by David Dewey

 

1
"You approach the subject, not go through it."

2
On the sky: "The paper is bone dry. Here we go.
Soft clouds. I'm letting the under painting suggest it."
 

3

The fog rolled away, the tide went out 
and David Dewey painted on...
"You approach the subject, not go through it."
 

4
"Work through the first stages, the pairing of the colors."
"As I build up the painting I go darker."

5
For an artist, a pencil had many uses.
 

6
"Detail, I'm just flicking it in."
"I'm going to get into the water so I can just go,
baguette, and get out of here. I'm going to paint in
the baguette, the famous baguette."

7
Baguette: the horizontal long shaped islands on an
ocean's horizon with a flat bottom, and round ends,
resembling a traditional French Bread Baguette.
"Notice the baguette's as they get further and further away,
they get darker, more violet with blue. It's just mingling.
Put in the color and let it do the rest."
 

8
Bruce and Ruth, in circle,
photo by Kathy on the other side of the circle.
 

9
"I try to get the voice of the color down.
And then I can bring it down, strong and then let it out."
 

10
"There," with the there.
 

11
Fog rolled back in for the critique.
 

12

"This one wins the prize."
Boat by Linda Von Rosenvinge
 

13
Down the Path

At the end of the day
Ruth sauntered down
through fresh mowed hay
into the fog
to the shore-side headstones
of Christina, Alvaro, and Andrew.