My first artwork with any paints, actually. Before this I’ve only used colored pencils and chalk pastels.
I also used an old mat board for the painting. It has a lot of tooth, and not broken up well. It made it difficult to scrub in since only the tooth picked up the paint from a dry brush. Still, I learned a lot.
The inspiration for this is http://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com/. The idea is to find a site on Google Street View and turn it into art via one of the traditional methods (not computer generated). The site has a different theme every month. This month’s theme is New Zealand. So I “drove” around NZ for a few minutes and came across this scene on Queen Charlotte Drive, Momorangi Bay, New Zealand.
I think I did okay on the boats, but I redid the sky and the bay at least a dozen times, and the paint was starting to get a bit sticky. I’ll pick something simpler next time and work my way up as I learn.