What better time to work on a summer-themed painting than in the middle of winter. Keith and Jane Aboard the Betty Jane is going slowly because I’m taking my time with the water. There is a lot of Lake Erie in this 48″ x 60″ painting. When it’s finished, the water on the right-side will be much lighter than it is in the photo, and that on the left-side much darker.
The unfinished ‘Keith and Jane Aboard the Betty Jane’ on the easel. The painting is 48″ x 60″
The trick to painting water is that there has to be enough detail to be convincing but not too much or it is distracting.