Today was an amazing beach day at Pt. Lookout, N.Y. At home it seemed as if the weather would not cooperate, cloudy and overcast with a hint of a sprinkle. There was no way I wasn’t going to the beach. No way. I packed myself up and left. Total drive time to the beach was fifteen minutes without traffic. I arrived at just past noon.
Other people must have thought it wouldn’t be a good day, but it turned out beautiful. Like I always say: Heaven is an empty beach. After relaxing in my chair for a while and having lunch, I got out my trusty travel watercolor set and pad and set to work painting the big yellow umbrella right in front of me.
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| Big Yellow Umbrella (c)2011 Dora Sislian Themelis 7×11 Watercolor on Canson paper |
Twenty minutes and I was finished with this painting. I don’t know if it’s the paper that dries so quickly or the beach weather. It was a pleasure to sketch with the paint and forgo the pencil for most of this work. I did draw just a little to get some proportions correct, but overall I just went with paint. And it was good.
Very nice! It makes me want to visit a beach!
You outdid yourself! I love this painting and I can’t believe you did it in only 20 minutes! Awesome!
Thanks guys! Twenty minutes is just enough time to get the main elements in, like a drawing. And, it’s small.
Hi, Dora,
I really love this work and… your label, full of humour that makes me smile “heaven is an empty beach.”
Cheers,Sadami
I’m happy you’re smiling Sadami!