I did another one on the same sunny day at China Camp. This one I did very fast when a lot of children from an adventure camp descended on the beach. It came out in the spirit of a finger painting.
Karen
Family Outing at China Camp
Again I became involved with moving things. I caught the kids skipping rocks. All three figures were composites in motion. At the end I gave them more identity because the kids wanted to know if they were in the picture.Acrylic on canvas 12" by 16"
Karen Zullo Sherr
China Camp Marsh
Colors in the marsh
streaming shadows
grass in motion
fishing for the right combinations
Watercolor over Graphite
14 X 21"
Low Tide Near China Beach
I was painting near Vicki Salzman, on a narrow trail just above the beach on a very sunny Monday. Because it took more time than normal to get to this park in Marin, I was trying to load some calories by munching on these potato chips I had brought, and later on a chinese chicken salad that I had bought on the way there. My paints were drying fast because of the heat and the backs of my arms got sunburned, because I stupidly wore a short-sleeved polo to paint on a day like this! The pool near the small beach was full of the richest, most incredible reds, blues, greens, in fact it was like a lesson in RGB color. Vicki and I were fascinated by it (so was Marilyn), but we also discovered just how difficult it was to depict that color while remaining true to the values in the overall scene. This was my attempt at low tide. Rebeca
Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16"
Cabin on the beach at China Camp
This is about the fourth time this month that I have been to China Camp State Park. I felt obligated to do something in the village, a building or boat or something there on the beach. No water this time just the hint of tidal action on the beach.
I struggled with the background trees above the cabin, but decided they were background and forget it. The rest of the painting worked out OK. I am trying to mix colors on the paper and maintain the transparency of the paint. I am feeling a bit more comfortable with the new palette of colors that I have been using now, but have some way to go to really feel at ease and knowledgeable.
China Camp Boat
7/13/09 Watercolor over Graphite , 11 X 14
I've been experimenting more and more with opaque watercolors so some parts of the painting are wet-in-wet transparencies and some drier opaques–contrasting the 2 approaches. Favorite opaques of the season seem to be Venetian Red, Winsor Newton an earthy rich orangy red, and Cadmium Red Purple, Holbein, a red with blue tinges. Jaune Brilliant #1 is a slightly orangy yellow with lots white by Holbein.
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