An early start on the final morning I completed half of this before I drove home. I liked the dark tones and a touches of bright sunlight coming through.
I finished the painting in my studio the next day. It was a challenge to keep the plein air freshness of working outside – when there isn’t time to fiddle and overwork and be too careful. Which happend when I painted the sky, it was too careful and laboured looking, so I wiped it off and did this one in minutes with thined paint and quick brush strokes. Also getting the side of the boat in the shadow dark enough to show the bright red on the light side was tricky.
The pen and ink below I did on the first morning to get myself accustomed to the surroundings. I did a painting of it later but I’m not happy with it, so I thought I’d tackle it in my studio and see if it can be improved 🙂 and if so I will post it!
