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| © 2015 R.L. Delight, Wave Study #79, 8"x10", oil on canvas |
Try, try
again. And again...and again... Then try again! Here is Wave Study #79,
painted on Neahkahnie beach today. I gained a little understanding from
yesterday's wave study and applied it today and gained a tiny inch more
in understanding. If the weather is decent tomorrow, I will have to go
paint #80 just to round everything out. After tomorrow, the tides will
start to be favorable for painting on the other beaches. I would like to
get back to Hug Point, Ecola State Park, and of course, Short Sands
beach, my all time favorite. I have a couple of new spots in mind too.
Our part of
the Pacific Ocean is such a green sea. Probably because we don't have
the harsh bright sun, except for a bit in the summer. Even when the
ocean looks blue the swells are a deep and amazing green. I am pretty
close to getting the green right but I would like to get it even closer.
It was a beautiful day to paint although the sun was out only for a few
minutes.
As I was
finishing up I kept hearing a crow cawing behind me. Usually I am
attuned to what they are expressing and pay more attention but I was a
bit preoccupied with painting. When the cawing finally seeped into my
painting consciousness I turned around and looked up. I spotted the
reason for the crow's scolding. There was one of our resident Bald
Eagles perched at the top of the tree looking down on me painting. The
eagle ignored the crow and sat and watched for a while before flying off
down the beach to look for goodies. I took a picture with my phone. The
eagles white head is hard to see against the light sky so I put a
circle around it.
Today the
Bald Eagle was my only watcher, much to my relief. I don't mind people
coming up to look but it is nice to have a bit of a break from that.
A final picture at the finish:
© R.L. Delight, plein air painting on Neahkahnie Beach
The sun came out as I was cleaning up. Ah well, it all works!
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