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I was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. My educational history is as follows: Long Beach High School, School of Visual Arts, C.W.Post College, M.A. in Humanities, Hofstra University. A two year stint in the U.S.Marine Corps as a illustrator eased my entrance into civilian life as a commercial artist in N.Y.C. My teaching career of twenty five years began at the State University in Farmingdale, N.Y. and ended as a Professor of Fine Arts at Herkimer County Community College, where I was awarded The New York State Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. I now paint full time in Portland Maine where I live with my wife Sharon. I paint all subjects from portraits to landscapes but I especially love painting the sea. Last year marked the end of forty straight years of teaching workshops on Monhegan Island, Maine, I now conduct three day classes in Kennebunkport every spring and fall. My work can be seen at The Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Wiscasset, Me., Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, Me.,Camden Falls Gallery, Caamden, Me. and here in my studio in Portland. I am a signature member of The American Watercolor Society and the New York State Watercolor Society.

Monday, January 24, 2011

After making a careful drawing of the ship I masked the ship in order to paint around it freely. The sky was done by applying clear water then painting the entire area with a warm mixture of winsor yellow and cobalt blue. While this was still wet I went in with the dark color for the clouds. The sea was painted with dark blue watercolor as a base with lighter blues of casein on top for the halftones. The lights on the sea were totally opaque with casein white and a bit of yellow. I then removed the masking from the ship and painted it with pure watercolor except for the light on the sails.
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  1. Paul CunninghamJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    Did you use cobalt blue for the water? Did you "save" whites in the water, too, with masking fluid?

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  2. Paul CunninghamJanuary 30, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    Did you actually see this ship or did you do it from a picture or what's left of your memory?

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