McArdle Bay
Posted: July 20, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized 24 CommentsIt’s a joy to be a student this week. I’ve been spending the past few days in Tom Hoffmann’s workshop on Lopez Island, painting like a madwoman and enjoying watching and listening to Tom’s thoughtful teaching and fascinating demos. I will have lots to write about when I return to Montreal, after all of this trickles down and settles in my head, but until then this will be the only painting I post. These days are tiring because besides painting for seven or eight hours, we are hiking through woods to our locations, sometimes clambering down cliffs, all the while carrying our gear. I think I’ll wait to post these Lopez watercolours after they’ve been scanned and I have a chance to describe the exercises we are working on (as you can see, this afternoon was skies!)
Beautiful Tx for sharing
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Thanks!
stunning in it’s simplicity, haunting in it’s colors. many lessons with water color are presented. thank you so much.
Thanks George. I will try to give more explanation when I get home.
Saying so much more with less: this is an excellent example of plein air painting.
Thanks Joy!
You’ve captured the beautiful grays of purple, blue and creamy yellows of a typical N.W. cloudy day. I love it!
Thanks so much!
Wow, simply wow. I love how the contrast of the gray and purple sky makes the island “pop” out. It is so majestic. Enjoy the rest of the workshop.
Thanks Charlie!
THE Tom Hoffmann? Wow, I just bought one of his books a few months ago because I kept checking out from the library. Take your time and soak it all in, I am jealous. 🙂
Yes, one and the same Erika. I am soaking it all in. Every wonderful moment.
Looks like Hoffman is influencing you? Simple yet effective this so depicts the islands.
It’s hard to find a bad spot to paint on the island. And Tom really knows the place so we go to all the good corners.
Absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks Chris!
Oh, my….you surely got an excellent mark! That sky takes my breath away….
Thanks Miz Dee!
Glorious Shari!
Thanks Jane!
Shari, I’m guessing that you have reduced the amount of gear that you are carrying for ease of hiking. So what are you taking and what are you leaving behind? I ask because we do a lot of hiking and sketching too.
Les, I had everything with me on this trip. I had my easel in a backpack, a full size palette, a big bag of watercolour tubes, a case of brushes, a gallon of water, lots of paper, etc. This was not a light load. But if you are painting you need all that. That’s what made the hiking part a bit difficult…
If it was just sketching I would have taken much less but to paint with lots of pigment and water you need all that.
Really an amazing watercolour. Can’t wait to see and read more. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your week.
Thanks Nathalie!