at Littlejohn Island, Yarmouth, Maine along Casco Bay on Oct 15, 2023, painted Oct 19, 2023, 5" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150
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Thom Thomson Autumn Gallery
Thom Thomson (1877-1917) was a Canadian artist active in the early 1900s. During his short career, he produced about 400 oil sketches on small wood panels and approximately 50 larger works on canvas. His works consist almost entirely of landscapes, depicting trees, skies, lakes, and rivers. He used broad brush strokes and a liberal application of paint to capture the beauty and color of the Ontario landscape. Thomson's accidental death by drowning at 39 shortly before the founding of the Group of Seven is seen as a tragedy for Canadian art.
at Littlejohn Island, Yarmouth, Maine along Casco Bay on Oct 15, 2023, painted Oct 18, 2023, 14" x 11" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$500
on the way home from the grocery store along the Back Road, Shapleigh, ME on Oct 24, 2023, painted Oct 25, 10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 300 lbs. Arches cold press 100% cotton watercolor paper, framed.
$300
at Timber Point in the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, Biddeford, Maine painted plein air on Aug 8, 2023, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150
at the historical Ewing House in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge at Timber Point, Kennebunkport, Maine, painted plein air on August 5, 2023, 8" x 10" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$300
at the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge at Timber Point, looking across the bay towards Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport, Maine, painted plein air on August 5, 2023, 5" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150
as seen from the historical Ewing House in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge at Timber Point, Kennebunkport, Maine, painted plein air on August 5, 2023, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150
Steve and Lisa Ducharme, husband and wife, replaced my door with this window, cedar shingled this area and more, and replaced my deck and rail, while I painted them as a bonus thank you on Oct 12, 2023, 10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
NFS, gifted to my team builders, true building professionals
Sun Sets Opposite the See Study 2
at
the stone beach past Walker's Point on Ocean Drive in Kennebunkport,
Maine painted plein air on Aug 20, 2023, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith,
Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for
light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white
watercolor paper, framed
$150
at the stone beach past Walker's Point on Ocean Drive in Kennebunkport, Maine painted plein air on Aug 20, 2023, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed
$150
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A Sense of History and Place
On Drawing...
Sometimes I'll jump right in and paint without sketching, sketching and painting with my brush, pure
watercolor. But most times I sketch using a graphite pencil or using a pen with ink. My
approach using graphite or ink is entirely different.
With graphite I'm doing a drawing, a realistic drawing, or I might use that approach with minimal drawing for hard edges for objects with ink. However, when using ink to
draw it's not like making a coloring book's fill-in-the-outlines. I don't ink in
entire outlines. My ink sketches are merely a guide. When using graphite, it's often hidden by
the watercolors, though not entirely for graphite is opaque. But permanent ink, an even
bolder opaque, when used loosely and sparingly becomes not only a minimal sketch but a
part of the art's background.
In Stonington Spruced Up you can see how the ink-sketched
drawing is quite loose and minimal. Look closely at the ink on the waterline, one minimal line, on the islands, one or two minimal lines, all giving me a guide for the watercolors. Look within the spruce. It's a minimal skeleton on which to build the body
of watercolor. There are many empty spaces where the watercolor is the drawing
draped over that skeletal guide, not following the edges. This is very different from drawing a realistic pictorial picture
with graphite and then painting it.
I'm amused with watercolor societies when they state nothing opaque can be
used, such as permanent ink, all the while overlooking opaque graphite. And with ink one must be bold, once it's on the paper, that's it. There's no erasing, drawing, erasing, drawing, niggling, like painters do with graphite, even me.
