A winter beach

Winter beaches and wind blown cypresses make an interesting subject for watercolor. This is a made up subject that we all worked on when we could not go out and paint after getting down to Sausalito. It was raining and overcast.
Next week I will be in Mexico and putting on the sunscreen. I love it down there. I have already heard from my friends that are headed down and we will all gather in neighboring houses on the beach at Troncones. I doubt that there will be much surfing with everyone hurting thinking about last year.

Davis Train Station

This is one of my favorite places to paint. The weather has been so sunny and nice, that I took my easel and set up at the train station. There are no trees in bloom but I needed the color. I am amazed at how busy the station is at the end of the day. Lots of people to talk to, in fact, I finished the painting at home because of getting involved in so many conversations.

Painting on clayboard

Happy New Year. The weather got gloomy, damp and cold so I went to still life painting. Have not done this for so long, that I could get excited about it. This was done on aquaboard or the new clayboard for watercolor. It is different and I am not used to it. I like to paint with my paper almost vertical and that won't work with the board. Water practically runs off when painting wet. Laying it flat overcomes that issue. What I like about it is the brilliance of color. Now if I can keep that when I varnish, I will keep working at this.