Afternoon Light

Bermuda

The Clock Tower at Naval Dockyard. There were 2 towers there, but the position I sat in could only see one. It's not because I was lazy :) The spot I sat was under a shade.



I was greedy and tried to finish 2 paintings in an hour and a half. The paintings were done on pastel color papers, so I already had the middle tone. I finished this painting first, then turned 180 degree around and finished the painting on the top.

St. Thomas

San Juan

I started to like these oil sticks. The colors can be applied easily just by using it like a brush. I modulated color directly on the painting. The down side is the stick was too big for a small area. It feels like using size 12 brush on a 9x12 in canvas. It was hard to put down the details. I some times used q-tips or even picked small sticks from the ground to get the color from the stick and apply it to the painting.

At Sea

I bought Shiva Artist's Paintstik just for the cruise trip. I did these two sketches for practice.
This is my first time using Paintstik.

Two drawings

These were plein air drawings done on a cruise ship at Brooklyn Cruise Port. The luggage with my painting tools was delivered after the ship sailed. I did two quick drawings with manga pens.