My Watercolour Sketches update.

'Pleasure Boats moored' (Dun Laoire)

This is a watercolour i did a short while back. With all my images - i love to show a dept of reality in my subjects, here is no exception. I love the water and the ‘wet into wet’ approach. I did this sketch…that’s all it really is - on a pretty sunny afternoon on my portable easel…my knees! It’s a great way to paint, fast and no fuss. When a subject confronts you - you must take full advan.tage and time wasting is not my forte. The dark back round was vital to show the highlights of the boats and there shapes, also the colour of the water.

'Trawler been painted in dry dock'

This sketch is from the same area, but it’s a trawler on a mobile boat crane. The men were hard at work painting and priming the whole hull and base of the boat. I had to capture it on paper. What attracted me was the red colour of the trawler. The new paint was so vivid and sharp in the sunlight, it was just right timing. The crane framed the whole design of the painting i think. I felt i had to put in the van, as this represented the workmen. I’m sure it’s blocking the view of the scene, but, also it adds a reality of life.