Painting complete!
This is a 16″x 16″ pen & watercolor drawing of the old harbor on Block Island, RI. There are so many beautiful Victorian buildings on this Island. I’d love to do a whole series of paintings of the buildings. I better take some more photos!!!
Here is the progression of this painting:
If you look at the middle photo, you can see I initially had the sky blue. I felt like the sky was too close to the colors of the buildings, so today I painted a wash of pinks and oranges into the sky. I feel like now there is enough contrast between the two. The buildings get to pop.
I also added in a bunch of shadows today. I always think that is the most fun part of painting. The smallest things make the biggest difference. They help create depth.
It’s taken most of my vacation to realize I really needed to scale down the scope of my daily projects. We are never at our cottage. I’ve been coming back around 9pm every night and working until midnight…which doesn’t feel very vacation-like!
This afternoon I pulled out a postcard sized Cotman watercolor pad. The paper is 5×8″ inches. Now this is something I might be able to tackle in between beach combing, hiking and ice cream eating! I did two small sketches today and I will begin painting them in the morning.
I will leave you the same way I’ve departed every day this week, with some of my favorite photos of the day. Any chance I get, you’ll find me snapping away at the majestic beauty of this island. Some time in January when the ground is frozen, I’ll have all of these photos to inspire and keep me energized.
We started off the day with donuts fried right off Payne’s Dock and finished off the day with ice cream cones.
Truly, another perfect day!
Be Creative Mary 
LOVE the heart rocks!
Your painting is wonderful! Love it! Looks like paradise. What could be better than paradise with donuts? Followed by ice cream. I thing my favorite photo was the white rocks and big moth. I never noticed before how beautiful they can be. Thanks!
You have inspired me to get out my watercolours and give them a try. Lovely painting :)
…. Oh… And the donuts are making my mouth water.
Ahhhh….The Killer Donuts…the best donuts ever!
I’m headed out to BI the week after the 4th…planning on packing on some calories! What washes down a killer donut….um mudslides at The Oar??????