Water Drawings, Part 1

I did a lot of watercolor and other drawings during a four-day trip to Provincetown earlier this month.  I’ve been obsessed with drawing the surface of sea water for some time.

Water 1 6-16

Water 2B 6-16

 

Water 4 6-16

Water 3 6-16

They’re hard to scan, trying to get the luminosity of the watercolors without washing out the subtleties.  I scan at low contrast and try to punch things up in Photoshop to get as close as possible to what they really look like.

Water 5 scan 2 6-16

Okay, I started cheating and putting stuff beside the surface of the water in the frame:

water 6 scan2 6-16

Water 7 6-16

Water 8 scan 2 6-16

Water  9 6-16

Water 10  6-16

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