Dead Banyon Tree

A dead banyon tree on the beach. Watercolor in 8.5 x 5.5 Raffine ArtSketch book using DS paints and a little touch of white gel pen and micron back pen (for the root "hairs")

The Imaginary Trip to the Beach class is almost over. I have 2 more assignments and then I'll be wondering what to do with my art time!!

Tommy Turtle and Friends

This was a fun assignment! I've never painted anything that was "underwater" and it sure presented some challenges!! When Austin saw this on my art table, he said, "Mimi! Hi Dude. . . .Bye 'quirt," and then he laughed and laughed. Of course, you have to have seen Finding Nemo to "get this."

Boardwalk

Boardwalk
Originally uploaded by BYarborough

An assignment from Laure Ferlita's class, Imaginary Visit to the Beach. Painted with watercolor (DS paints) in a 8.5 x 5.5 Raffine ArtSketch book. Grass accents and a few board lines done with micron pen. White gouache touches on the ocean waves.
Website for Laure's classes is
www.imaginarytrips.com/ImaginaryTrips/Welcome.html
I HIGHLY recommend her classes -- lots of fun and good artistic "stretches."

Flamingo

Flamingo
Originally uploaded by BYarborough

An assignment for Laure Ferlita's class, Imaginary Visit to the Beach. This was especially fun -- getting the swoop of the long neck and the variety of pinks and the bits of ragged edge to denote

Ocean Sunset

Ocean Sunset
Originally uploaded by BYarborough

This is an assignment from the class I'm taking from Laure Ferlita, Imaginary Visit to the Beach. It's in a 5.5 x 8.5 Raffine ArtSketch book and is painted with DS paints using waterbrushes. The center of the sun was masked out using a wax crayon.

Conch in Journal

Conch in Journal
Originally uploaded by BYarborough

I'm in the midst of my second class with Laure Ferlita, Imaginary Visit to the Beach, but this isn't an assignment from the class. Our beach scenes sparked me to check the WetCanvas reference library and I found this picture of a conch shell. The pinks were so vivid I wanted to paint it. It's in a Raffine ArtSketch journal and is painted primarily with DS paints, the pinks are American Journey and the white foam is white gouache.