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Monday, September 1, 2014

Colorful Tug Boats

[caption id="attachment_661" align="alignnone" width="500"]Tug boats Tug boats[/caption]

New Bedford piers are full of many colorful large and small boats ranging from black to bright Magenta.  Two tug boats with combination of primary colors; yellow, red and white stripes against the blue ocean stood out as a challenge.  I spend a few hours this Saturday drawing and editing then I decided to lay down a first layer of colors.  The white vertical railings against horizontal yellow and red bands seemed attractive but a distraction.   However, I decided to keep a long horizontal bar from the railing.  Among all the squares and the rectangles, a round wheel seemed necessary.  I looked for any other small curves I could find to introduce in this space, fortunately there were plenty.  Around 5 pm I had to stop painting since the light has changed a lot and the boat seemed to be sinking as the water level was lowering down.  I can't wait to return to this place again to complete this painting.

 

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