Rockland breakwater and Friendship sloop, 2012, watercolor

Rockland breakwater and Friendship sloop, 2012, watercolor. Painted in arbitrary color scheme, an interpretation of a pleine-aire sketch from the Friendship sloop races in 2000 (I think). Drawing the races as they take place means one must sketch very fast - the boats are racing in the wind. I painted the sketches later at home - just a matter of coloring in. My camera back then was an Instamatic and would not pick up any good detail at that distance. I did not even try to use it. I still lack decent sailing photos! Always good to make do with one's imagination. Look at the color schemes that can result, twelve years later. This has now become a regular lesson for my classes. Part of the lesson  usually is to come up with a very arbitrary color scheme.