Cape Cottages 16 x 20, pastel on board




I decided to share three of my recent "shore house" pictures that I'm working on for a show in April. This one is from Welfleet, Mass., on the outer Cape. I loved the row of little cottages that are so unlike the fancy new houses springing up everywhere. I removed picnic tables from the picture and added the bike. The photo was taken in early June, which is still off-season on Cape Cod!

This picture is painted on a board that had another painting on it at one time! The painting got washed off in the sink, leaving a lot of brownish color. I toned the gel I used to cover the old painting and thus, started with a rather rough and dark background. I thought it might be fun for doing white houses! For a long time, I thought it was NOT going to work at all but I kept at it and finally decided that I really like it.