Palisades ICW - Work in Progress

I'm putting this up for review. It's still a work in progress. I had hoped to complete this in one day, but I got interrupted. Still a lot of work to do on the foreground, and some issues to resolve.

Since I had to pause, I'm considering what to do with the little boat. Should it be larger or not there at all? It's some kind of small tug with a pusher bar on the bow and an outboard for power.

En Plein Air Outing

I took my pastels to the Little Jetties - to work on the view across the Intercoastal Waterway. This was my first outing with pastels in more than two years. There were some things with which I am pleased, and much that I need to learn.

Here are some pictures for reference.

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Red Flag Day

Pastel on self-sanded Arches - 14x10

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After a bout with a bad cold, I'm back at my easel. Finished this painting today. Earlier this summer I took Patty's dad for an outing to visit some of the places we used to go to fish, and I took along my camera. This view of Cape San Blas was done from sketches and photographs of the beach. It was very windy, and the red flag was up.

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Red Flag Day

Work in progress....

Update posted 9/3 - shows some progress...

This is the plan and beginning of another beach scene - dunes. The sketch and photograph are from Cape San Blas on a day when the red flag was up, but as you can see, there are still people in the surf. Well, maybe you can't see them from this photo, but they will be there in the final picture.

I've been away from my easel for a few days to take care of some things for Patty's parents in Panama City. It's good to get back.

Dunes at St. Andrews State Park

Pastel on self-sanded Arches - 14x10

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After making a few very minor touches, I signed this piece and sprayed it with fixative. That is my way of saying "Il est fini!"

I am pleased with the way this worked, and if you read the previous posts, you can see it how the work progressed.

These dunes and the sugar-white sand of St. Andrews State Park with the jetties in the distance have been a continuing inspiration to me since I first saw them in 1967. I have drawn and painted them often before, but not with this kind of success!

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Dunes at St Andrews SP WIP C

Pastel on Sanded Arches - 14x10

I have "completed" the basic picture, but I'm going to let it stand for a few hours before I put my name on it and call it "fini!"

This has been a good learning experience for me, a refresher course in soft pastels. Best of all, I am pleased with the result.

Dunes at St Andrews SP WIP B

As you can see, I have made some progress, but there is still a fair amount of work to do. I had hoped to finish this painting today, but there were a number of interruptions. I hope to finish tomorrow, but that may not be possible. I will need to attend the funeral of a friend, Jerry Davis.