The Bay in Sag Harbor, 10" x 5" watercolor in sketchbook
We got out of town this weekend and spent time with friends
at their lovely weekend home in Sag Harbor. Sunny but cool,
it was a treat to get out of the city. I finally broke out my
sketchbook and painted this
watercolor (above) one afternoon on the bay.
I'd invested in a travel watercolor kit, just 6"x4" in size,
with collapsible brush. When brand new, they look like this:
at their lovely weekend home in Sag Harbor. Sunny but cool,
it was a treat to get out of the city. I finally broke out my
sketchbook and painted this
watercolor (above) one afternoon on the bay.
I was a little rusty. I spent the first few hours warming up by
simply drawing my coffee cup over and over again, as I sat outside
on the terrace:
I started with just an ink pen (far right, below) and also some
Faber-Castell Big Brush pens (left and center, below) to
fill out the form of the cup.
Just a simple series of drawings but they loosened me up enough
to tackle the beach landscape.
simply drawing my coffee cup over and over again, as I sat outside
on the terrace:
I started with just an ink pen (far right, below) and also some
Faber-Castell Big Brush pens (left and center, below) to
fill out the form of the cup.
It was a good warm up, just drawing the same simple
form over and over again. And then I added
some color, using my small travel watercolor set:
form over and over again. And then I added
some color, using my small travel watercolor set:
Just a simple series of drawings but they loosened me up enough
to tackle the beach landscape.
I'd invested in a travel watercolor kit, just 6"x4" in size,
with collapsible brush. When brand new, they look like this:
After a few hours of painting, however, mine now looks like this:
Worth the mess. I think I"m going to try and use this kit and
sketchbook during my lunch hours at work, now that the sun
has begun to shine in NYC.
8 comments:
I love the drawing of the bay and the coffee cup evolution!!!
lovely landscape. I enjoy seeing your practice sketches and hearing about your thought process. thanks for sharing.
I love that watercolor travel kit! where did you buy it?
Thanks, Jaime. I bought it at my local Utrecht store for about $28.
You can also buy it online - \http://www.dickblick.com/products/van-gogh-watercolor-sets/
dickblick.com sells it for $22.99 plus shipping, so that's about the same cost.
Yep! My colours look much the same!
This pan cake water color boxes are really very good at giving washes. I used use like this type (though much inferior quality) as a kid. [:)]
Yes, Sam, I was quite pleased with the quality of the pans in this set. The colors were quite strong and intense -- I had to add a lot of water, they were so good.
Much better than my childhood sets, too!
Ooo, seeing your paint set is inspiring me!
Good, Goggla! This is a fit-in-your-pocket set. Got it at Utrecht on 4th Ave. near 11th Street. Hope to tear up the EV with it now that the sun is showing its face more often.
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