Reasons for starts.

The yellow parasol was the reason for picking this view. The shallow water great for children to play in, a hot busy beach.

I...

Colors, colors, colors.

This painting contains so much, as if were a big size. I painted this one sitting down (as the two previous), perhaps too...

Pick from the chaos.

A hot summer day but chaotic, people everywhere, we in the middle, and then trying to paint : )

You do have to 'single out' a/...

Sungazing sitting down.

We changed beaches, and found this area without any people, quiet.

Then it's great to 'only' paint the sun. Difficult...

Keeping Cool.

Same place and same day. Of course I couldn't go home after the previous.
The weather does change in a single day as well. I often...

6 Week Cycles.

Some time ago I wrote in the newsletter that it's so apparent that anything in nature/life appears only for a season, and how change...

Saturated pastel 'greys'.

Yes, a beautiful scene, a beautiful painting.
Here I try to integrate saturation and 'pastels' (light colors) to...

Saturated Pastels.

You really have to 'tear yourself away' from the home and its chores, tasks, todos, to 'be there' (painting), and to be there in...

Salacia rules.

Last one with the shimmering (for now). It's funny how astrology relates to real life. There was a period in June/July where...

Sitting down and painting the sunset.

Weaving light, water, waves, sand, you do need to indicate a bit of the waves' shadow, but often it helps to...