The changing clouds of midday and a calm lake greeted me and my painting companion.
The changing clouds of midday and a calm lake greeted me and my painting companion.
Turning at an angle on the beach, the same tranquil morning, a different line of wooden posts and the waves washing rhythmically on the shore. Â I was getting chilly, but was busy painting and only noticed when I had finished how cold I had become!
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It was the type of beautiful relaxing evening that one might look for when traveling to the beach.  The beach was crowded as some finished their day of play and others came by to wait for sunset.
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Another chance to paint with my feet in the sand. Â It shouldn’t matter what your feet are in while you paint, but there is something so comfortable and relaxing about having your feet in sand. Â I would back up to see the painting from further away and then go back to my position at the easel. Â My feet would dig back into the sand and I picked up my tool of brush or knife again.
Near to the cottage where we were staying was a public beach that became a great place to paint in the evening. Â After the painting was over, we could enjoy the sunset.
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I was interested in the changes in value and color that the grasses made as their background changed from other grass, to water, to sky.
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It was a beautiful afternoon and I found shade under the back of my car. Â On the other side of the road was the grass sand dune and beyond that — the water.
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When the sun first came up there was beautiful color around this tree. Â This tree was a part of several others that stood at the edge of the beach. Â The first day I had found shelter from the wind and sun underneath it.
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The fog was out on this morning and I stood under the open back of my vehicle to paint this scene. It was a quiet morning and the fog shifted through the scene revealing and then hiding the landscape as I painted.
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I took my little painting companion to a playground that was on a patch of sand near a small lake. He was trouble and sand got everywhere, but I was able to get a good start on this small painting that I later finished in the studio.