Was it the best ever vacation? No. Was the weather consistently brilliant? No. Did I paint as much as I sometimes do? No.
BUT – it felt great to be away, somewhere else, together. And looking back over the paintings I feel happier with the output than I was at the time.
MG painting, Monhegan Island, July 13th, 2021, PHOTO – Mark Powell
Monhegan Island, Raining, July 13th Pen, wax crayon, watercolor and rain, 12 x 12″, 2021
Monhegan Island must be beautiful in the sun. This is not seven in the evening but nine forty-five in the morning. I am sizing up something to paint but the rain had other plans…
Sketchbook (a continuation of the Brisbane one)
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PHOTO – Mark Powell
Watercolor and white gouache on colored paper,
9 x 12″,
2021
Watercolor,
12 x 12″,
2021
Pen, wax crayon and watercolor,
2021
Pen, wax crayon and watercolor, on colored paper,
12 x 16″,
2021
Pen and watercolor on board,
12 x 16″,
2021
MG painting, Laverna Preserve, July 15th, PHOTO _ Mark Powell
MG painting,, Laverna Preserve, July 15th, PHOTO _ Mark Powell
Laverna Preserve has extraordinary sedimentary rocks that Mark captured in his photographs. I just complained that they were difficult to sketch…
Pen, wax crayon, watercolor, and white gouache,
20 x 16″,
2021
Pen, wax crayon and watercolor,
12 x 16″,
2021
Pen, wax crayon and watercolor, on colored paper,
12 x 16″,
2021
Part II will be the oil paintings – and the sun came out – you know you can’t wait!