florida islands

1st island

plein aire watercolor 4" x 6"

Memorial Day morning is a perfect floridian day, breezy, sunny with puffy clouds.

Each morning & most evenings, Art & I walk Moby to the river and back.

In the morning Art & Moby jog, while I sketch and paint.

1st island

plein aire watercolor 4" x 6"

It was a breezy, but quiet morning.

I painted a cleaner look using the white of the paper for most of sky & water.

Trying to get to the essense of the view and focusing on shapes.

4 Islands Halifax River

plein aire watercolor 4" x6"

For our last day in FLorida, I captured the complete river view

with all 4 islands and Halifax River's opposite bank.

This is a good reference sketch for figuring out bracketed photos.

2nd island with reflections

acrylic knife painting 12" x 12"

I used the most knife texture on the island foliage to give it strong shapes.

While placing a smoother knife stroke to show the calm water

and creating a true floridian sunny day sky.

Back in the studio - good to be home.