Boston Fish Pier

Saturday, July 2, 2011

I did this watercolor this morning from one of the photos I took last week down by the waterfront.  I rearranged a few things, mostly eliminating unnecessary shapes, ropes and lines, trucks,etc. and changed the color scheme to compliments of orange and blue.  I drew the scene with my brush which is a lot of fun and tends to make me a lot looser than when using a pencil.  It took over three hours to complete this painting but I am happy with the result.  Whenever I paint the fish pier I am reminded of my after-school job at Yankee Lobster during my high school days.  I can still close my eyes and hear the gulls and smell that dirty water. 

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