My memories gone without a trace like brilliant flashes of light sweeping across the night skies. It s a total fantasy, that s what my painting instructor said about my watercolor painting. No wonder I liked him so much. It s the process, he said. Have a sense of depth in the work, like you can reach into the paper.
Vitality aliveness in a painting is most important.
Sketch in your lights and darks. Work around the light. While painting at Sand Island Park, He showed how to paint a long, dark ship. He painted the vertical with strong Reds and blacks. I painted a harbor and the large Dole pineapple.