Two today

[Bartc]

Painting today at Pillar Point Harbor in Princeton by the Sea (Half Moon Bay, CA). 12x9" watercolor and ink on paper; 6x9" watercolor and ink on paper. B. Charlow 2025.

 

[Joy]

These are really enjoyable to me, especially the first. It is just so fresh looking, well composed, and with just enough info to get your "message" to the viewer. I dearly wish I could paint with such abandon.

 

[Donna T]

I like the loose, relaxed look of the first one too. The second one is also very nice but those boats are wonderful.

 

[Jo Castillo]

The boats are just full of action and life. The warmth in the second is very inviting, especially as we are in a cold couple of days.

 

[Bartc]

Thanks Joy, Donna, Jo, Murry and Wayne.

First one did exactly what I intended. Not easy to simplify a whole marina scene at all. Just wanted fresh, stylized and simple.

The reason for these was that I felt I had fallen into a rut with my regular paintings, so decided to go back to WC & ink, which I can do very quickly and expressively. My pastels had fallen too much into a predictable pattern. Needed to force a breakout.

 

[Enyaw]

The boats piece is a great scribble. It has enough fragments to create the whole.

 

[Jade]

Yes beautiful pieces Bart and like others, I am particularly drawn to the first.