Ducks at Sunrise

I did nothing to this painting to the sky and the sun.  I did work on the silhouettes of the ducks, added darks and lights to make depth and shape to them.  Probably its done, while I might add a few fine touches.

Ocean City Beach and Waves

This is the last of the Plein Air studies I did in Ocean City, Maryland this last week.  Waves are notoriously hard to capture but it is easier when they are small and lit by overhead sunlight.  It was clod and windy though not as bad on this day.  Plus this is the advantage of a small kit.

Ocean City Sunset

Ocean City Maryland sits on a island/peninsula landform which is connected by two bridges and to the north to Delaware.  So you can watch the sun rise over the Atlantic and then you can watch the sun set over the small bay behind the Resort area.  This is from the parking lot near a restaurant called "Fish Tales."  I think I will make this into a larger painting as this study necessarily was simplified from the dock and trees in the foreground, i.e. I did not add them here.

Assateague Island Scrubby Pine

Today was our last day at Ocean City.  We went to Assateague Island National Sea shore.  I did this plein air Oil Painting of a Scrubby Pine near the campground.  This was a practice for the next phase of life, when I get to control my time, this is what I want to do daily.

Happy Birthday Sophia

My niece turns 17 today.  She dreams of beaches so I made her a watercolor card of one such scene.

Ocean City Plein Air

This is a view from our hotel room in Ocean City, Maryland.  It also is my first
Use of my birthday present pocade painting box.  The rain cleared out enough to
Do this from the balcony.

Building Thundercloud

I actually wanted to post this last night but I lost track of time and went to bed.  I worked on a couple of these small sky cloud studies, this one was the best.    Everyone sees the 'magic' of your best paintings, bur they don't see all the practice and work it takes to get there.