On the Breakwater – Daily Painting
January 30th, 2007
Breakwater – Approx 10.5″ x 5.5″ – Watercolor on paper
Sometimes, instead of drawing something from life or a photo, I just like to start painting and see what emerges. This little sketch began with some large juicy strokes of dark colors, applied with a large flat brush. I leaned back and it looked like rocks to me, and some manipulation with a credit card revealed sharp breaks and flat edges. To that I added some water and a sky to make an imaginary scene along a breakwater. This little exercise was a lot of fun to do – no need for underdrawing or attention to specific details – just paint!
Nice little exercise. Excellent job on the flat planes of the rocks. Use of white where water crashes beneath rocks is very nice.
Oh wonderful. The freedom of it all is evident, very expressive. Great bold, *juicy* color, indeed! Yum!
Now that is freedom from trying to stay close to a scene in front of you. Nice shapes and hey, what id you do with your credit card? Cover it with paint?
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wow I love the energy in this, it’s wonderfully solid yet active. Great splashes of colour!
What fun to be so free–”Just paint”…following that true and basic longing in us that makes us paint.
Thanks, all. Wendy, The credit card is used to scrape out light areas from the dark rocks. You just have to do it by “feel” – almost like sculpting. Although there are some times I use the edge of a credit card coated in paint to “print” lines with.
Amazing, Karen. When the page opened I saw immediately the rocks, the shapes, the volume, the intensity of all those things. Magnific. Great work!
Wow! It’s full of energy. Great.
It came out beautifully – I love the lone figure which really gives it drama.
It looks fantastic – I love the water spray effect….you can hear the noise!