"A View from North Dennis Road"

Dear Reader,
This was a demonstration in acrylic for my water-media class at The Cape Cod Museum of Art. The view is beautiful any time of year! I wanted to to show how the water is darker in the foreground because we are looking at still water. With running water, like the ocean or bay, the water is lighter in the foreground. I also explained how reflections in the water are a shade darker than what they are reflecting. The exception, that Charles Sovek explained to me is black. The reflections of anything black are a shade lighter. This acrylic painting is 20" x 16". I have two more paintings from this workshop that I will show on this blog as soon as I get them photographed. This past six weeks I demonstrated one week with oil alternating the next week with acrylic. This Wednesday I will begin teaching a new six-week class at the museum for all water-media students but I will be demonstrating in watercolor.