Harborside Yellow House

Harborside Yellow House

the iconic yellow house on Indian Point Road, Stonington, ME, on Deer Isle, painted plein air June 25, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and graphite on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$200

Photo of the iconic Yellow House, Indian Point Road, Stonington, Maine on Deer Isle on June 25, 2025.

Painterly Thoughts
by Bruce McMillan

Of course, that yellow of the house 
sandwiched between blue above 
and yellow below, is a centerpiece, 
but the masses as design 
of the neutral gray ledge is a 
wonderful design, 
and the flagpole, great for the photo, 
but forget it in a painting, 
and that foreground horizontal green 
sloping down to the right, 
from plant green to dark shadowed green, 
as a mass, adds movement, 
clouds added in the sky could enhance 
that movement, cirrus sweeping up, 
there are masses of color, 
realism mixed with the abstract, 
this could be a fine painting, 
later, but first, 
plein air, I'll dash off 
a small one of the yellow house, 
realism mixed with the abstract 
while I have time.

All text and photos and art copyright 2025 Bruce McMillan

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