Cripple Cove and Rockport harbor
Posted: June 14, 2023 Filed under: Uncategorized 31 CommentsIt’s been quite hazy and foggy in Gloucester but luckily the rain has held off and I’ve been able to get lot of painting and sketching done. I stood on a floating dock at Cripple Cove Landing this afternoon and was able to do two quarter sheet watercolours. (I think my photos are a little dark but it was a mostly overcast day.) The water was quite calm but the floating dock moves quite a bit and after a while I realized I was feeling kind of queasy from the motion. The first painting was a view of the boats in the Gloucester harbor.
For the second painting, I turned my easel slightly to the left to capture the docks, the lobster traps and the assorted pails and buoys on the dock.
I also returned to my favourite spot in Rockport, and again, did two sketches from the same spot. Not much has changed since our last visit. The lobster boats came in and out of the harbour as I painted, and Motif #1 is as iconic as ever, reliably marking the opening from the bay to the inner harbor.
Hi Shari! As always, your water is amazing! I strive to get to that point with my watercolors. I love your boat paintings and the water just looks like glass and reflection. Beautiful!!
Marilyn, thanks so much. I am so happy to be near the water. I’ve missed painting these scenes!!
Hi Shari
I like all of your paintings today but the one that struck me the most was Gloucester Harbor. The way that you describe the nature/quality of the water in the foreground and the way the boat shadows fall on it reminded me very much of the water near the dock, at our neighbourhood beach in Kingston, Ontario (only with sail boats, not ocean-going vessels). Many thx, Chris 🙂
Thanks so much Chris. And sorry for taking so long to get back to you!
Gorgeous! The first one is my favorite, composition and water just perfect. You inspire me so. Thank you.
Mary, thanks!!
I love seeing these!!! Gloucester and Rockport are such fun places to sketch and I haven’t done either location in years! Thanks for bringing back lots of good memories with these.
Thanks Joan!!
Lovely Shari
We were there a month ago to visit friends and I also painted a Harbour scene. Cute little artist colony there.👍😊👩🎨
Jane, it’s a wonderful place. Glad you were able to visit!
Nobody, and I mean nobody, paints water as wet as you do!
Betsy, thank you!!
Shari,
You just keep amazing me with your water paintings, reflection in the water, boating scenes, and standing water painting. You can make a mud puddle look stunning. They are just beautifully detailed! Like a comment before Sid, nobody but nobody paints water like you. Your watercolors are outstanding!
Patricia, thanks so much. I just had such a great time painting in those spots.
That first painting’s glass-like water is absolutely beautiful. Love how you accomplished that.
Many thanks Dan!!
Blown away…just sayin’.
Ahhh, Jean, thank you. That means a lot.
Beautiful how you capture the water with reflections. You make your paintings look so alive.
Thank you for sharing your talent, Donna R
Donna, thanks so much.
Beautiful. A lesson in the value of leaving white spaces. I particularly love the first one which is so calming for me.
Sandi, thank you!
Can’t believe I never stopped at this place, so close to Boston! Beautiful sketches!
Next time Bunny!!
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You are a master at painting boats and water, Shari!
Stephanie, thank you!!
Wonderful water and reflections!!! I painted from a floating dock once and it took a little while to adjust so that I didn’t feel queazy. I felt the effects when I got up to get off the dock. lol Thanks for sharing your work with us!
I will have to remember that next time I go on a floating dock. Thanks for having a look, Joan!
Excellent watercolor drawings of the harbor. I like all the dull greys in these pieces. The weather has been extremely grey here in Eastern Ontario lately. We desperately need sun.
Thanks Shawn!