Every time I travel to Cape Cod for a summer vacation I feel revived -- there truly is something about "Cape Light," as many artists and photographers refer to it. Colors seem more vivid, the light almost crystalline in its clarity. Unless, of course, if it's raining or foggy!
This year we were right on the beach so to watch the colors of the various beach grasses and marshes was perfect -- early morning, midday, sunset and dusk. This is a pastel-and-watercolor sketch, a mix of mediums that I find fun to work with. I use Strathmore Bristol paper, which is usually used for graphic design and manga artwork. But I like the way it holds the watercolor and allows me to overlay the layers of pastel.
I'll be working on more of these sketches, working now from memory, and will soon be uploading this painting to my space on Fine Art America soon if you're interested in a print, a notecard and more!
Happy Summer!
"I hope to make pictures like I walk -- under a spell, an instinct of motion,
a kind of knowing that is essentially indirect and sideways."
(Ellen Meloy, Anthropology of Turquoise)
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