Painting Watercolor Washes - Creating Mood in a Painting

Here is a recent watercolor that I have completed of a foggy, grey day at the Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse located at the mouth of the Connecticut River in Long Island Sound. There is a small pond near Katherine Hepburn's old house in the Fenwick section of town that overlooks the lighthouse and that is what I have painted here in this watercolor.

In the watercolor class that I teach at Artisans Harbor in Saybrook , CT we have been practicing washes and the painting here I started with a nice grey wash of raw sienna first and then a mix of ultramaine blue and raw umber to create the moody background. This watercolor is all framed in a double off-white mat with a thin gold frame and can be viewed at Artisans Harbor on Main St. in Old Saybrook, CT or it can be shipped. The painting price is $250.

If you have any questions about the painting please send along an email.
Thanks, PJ

New Decorative Chair - Hand Painted with Lynde Lighthouse, Old Saybrook, CT

 

I am just wrapping up a new hand painted chair of a lighthouse on the Connecticut River. I will be adding a few boats to the painting along with some finishing details and it's done. The Lynde Lighthouse is at the mouth of the Connecticut River where it flows into Long Island Sound. In the painting you can see Long Island, New York in the distance. I have the dock painted on the seat of the chair similiar to my previous decorative chairs.

This chair will be in a set of two, I will be painting another chair of the Saybrook Outer Light with the same colors. The chairs will be on display at Artisans Harbor 188 Main Street, Old Saybrook, CT. This Wednesday I will drop off this chair so stop by and take a look!

Latest Hand Painted Chair Design

In the works  - latest hand painted chair design. I have been working on this sunset painting of a dock with the Old Saybrook Lighthouse in the background. I will be adding an adirondack chair on the dock.

Stay tuned for further updates.