Ocean Tide Study IV

Ocean Tide Study IV

watercolor 

6 x 6 inches

©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

available

One more tide study. This was another with early morning light on the water. I love that glow of sunlight illuminating the wave from behind and the challenge of trying to capture that with paint.

Store Creek Marsh

Store Creek Marsh

watercolor

11 x 14 inches

©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

Beautiful marshes grace both sides of Highway 174, the road onto Edisto Island, in South Carolina. This painting is inspired by the view from The Old Post Office Restaurant, which also happens to be right next door to With These Hands Gallery, where I have art on exhibit. I enjoyed playing with the bands of color in this composition as well as further exploration with various ways of expressing trees in watercolor.

Ocean Tide Study III

Ocean Tide Study III

watercolor

6 x 6 inches

©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

available

I simply never tire of painting the sea. Not yet, anyway. My intent is to paint several of these small studies in preparation for a few larger works. And I am still having fun with these small captures of light and water in motion.

sketchbook :: looking out my back door

We had a good deal of rain this past weekend. I made this sketch while sitting at our dining table, looking out the back door, watching the sky through the trees darken with approaching rain clouds.

Ocean Tide Study II

Ocean Tide Study II

watercolor

6 x 6 inches

©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

available

This is the second in my series of small paintings studying the waves at the beach. I am not wanting to be too literal, yet still convey that glow of early morning sun on the water. And I am enjoying the process of allowing the watercolor paint be watercolor paint, where colors flow into each other creating unexpected results that are just right.

sketchbook :: pepper picker

This past Saturday morning our farmers' market was a very busy place. I came home with lettuce, tomatoes, corn, apples, two lavender plants, and a few photos. It was so full of shoppers that I was not able to get very close to this glorious display of bell peppers, which was crowded with folks picking out the perfect peppers. I wonder what dish she made with her red and yellow peppers? This was sketched in my Strathmore watercolor journal with pencil, watercolor, and a little white gel pen for the chalkboard signs.