Excitement and nervousness mix on the first day of any workshop. I began by giving a pep talk, and then doing some quick demos of value ranges, color mixing on the paper, and making suggestions about grays, greens and violets that could be used at our first location.
The day was sunny, but cold and windy. I did my demo, and then the students had lunch (delivered by my able assistant Betsy Smith), but after doing their thumbnail sketches and drawing on the watercolor paper, we all trekked back to the studio and they painted inside, sans cold and wind.
Critique followed, and I was very encouraged to see that attention was paid to the suggestions on technique that I had offered.
Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer, and somewhere in Maine tomorrow, it may hit 90! I look forward to the wild swing in temperature!
Here is the location where we painted, Hendrick's Head Lighthouse on Southport.
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