Queanbeyan Art Society 4th Sunday class for July

demonstration painting

reference photo- wide expanse of generally featureless water, bright day, 

outline drawing, mask edge of whites, first washes using warm tones for top sunshine, horizon haze and nearby shore.  Mixture of Cobalt, Raw Sienna, Crimson Red, and splash of Cerulean 

foreground mixture of Venetian Red, Raw Sienna with Burnt Sienna/Cobalt darks for tidal debris and wet area along shore

wet sky/horizon line and brush with both Raw Sienna, Cerulean running to Cobalt in the distance

Create some water patterns - more ruffled in the foreground.  Drop in some warms in the foreground water area to represent view through water to sandy bottom

darker tones of sails in shadow

bright colour in the sailors' clothes

strong darks of the boats, dark skin tones in the bright light, shadows light, warm and airy

extra darks on the water to help the composition

applied a cool wash over distant water to help it receed more. extra darks in the reflections, another dab of stronger colour on the shorts.  Matted and signed - "Rigging the Boat"