Masts and tarps
Posted: February 11, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: boat painting, watercolour painting, winter scene 25 CommentsI love painting in my car studio but this winter has been so cold and so grey. This week there’s finally some sign of a light at the end of the winter tunnel. The days are longer (Alice’s second walk of the day can now be at 5 instead of at 3:30!) and it’s warm enough to paint from my car.
Painting in winter in my car has its challenges, but I have my routine. As always, I wear warm boots because my feet get cold quickly. The car interior has time to warm up as I drive to my location, so that helps too. And surprisingly, even very wet washes (sky and the snow shadows) dry quickly when the sun is shining on my paper. Painted on a pad of Arches CP, 10″ x 14″.
Beautiful, a great subject. I love how you convey so much depth and information with an economy of brushstrokes
Thanks Laura. I have to be economical in the winter!
I love this!! So vibrant, even as a winter scene! Love how you bring your scenes to life!
Ginny, thank you!
Great work Shari! I can’t believe you brave the cold and do such amazing stuff:)
I’ll be glad for spring, won’t you?:)
I have so many reasons to look forward to spring!!
But of course I still love painting winter scenes!!
This is a great painting. I love sailboats and your snow scenes. How long did this painting take you? I think I am one of the few people who like winter and winter scenes.
Thanks Judy. I think this took about an hour.
Beautiful, love the shadows and brightness!
Interesting, the tarps (sorry, no artistic comment); here where I live, Iowa/Illinois on the Mississippi River, all the boatyards use a very taut heat shrunk material. The loose, free-hung, draped kinds of tarps seem to have been retired.
Alf in Iowa
Hi Alf in Iowa. I have seen the shrink-wrapped boats as well, but here we seem to have both tarps and heat shrinking plastic (or whatever it is). Of course I prefer the tarps because they are much more interesting to paint.
I don’t have a boat. I just like to paint them but I always say I know very little about them except that they have great shapes and details, both in and out of water.
Thanks for writing!
I bought a hand warmer that you slip into your mitts. – What a life saver. It would easily fit into boots. I didn’t like the idea of the throw away ones.
One of my students in Tucson had a rechargeable hand warmer. It was amazing!!
I love the car studio idea! There is always a way that we can continue painting no matter the season. Your depiction of water and snow always amazes me!
Marilyn, thank you for having a look.
Hi Shari
I love your work. Everything is where and as it should be – but with something ‘more’. 🙂
Beautiful work on a very striking winter day – many thanks!
Chris, thanks so much. I hope all is well with you and that you are having a good winter too!
I’m so impressed! I’ve taken your course with boats in the marina, so this is an interesting contrast as they are wrapped for rest in the winter. I live in Florida so didhave never seen this. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks De. This is sort of the same composition as the scene I painted in the marina. Lots of masts and hulls except instead of water, there is snow.
I love it! The pops of blue are a great contrast to the browns of the background trees. I’m glad you were able to get out and paint from your mobile studio.
Joan, thank you!!
Shari, I love your delicious paintings and I am following you all over the world!!! You sure don’t let the grass grow under your feet!!
Diane, thanks so much. You’re right about the grass. I keep it short!
Of all the boat scenes you have posted I like this one best. The muted background and the really crisp boats. Wow!
Much appreciated!