My Plein Air Watercolor class wraps up this week. We focused on the region around Fernandina Beach for six weeks, painting in spots like Fort Clinch, Downtown Fernandina, Crane Island, The Fairbanks House, The Pippi Longstocking House, and Kingsley Plantation.
STUDENT WORK: “Marshland Fragmentation, Kingsley Plantation, Fort George Island,” by Cindy Guy, watercolor on Arches 140 lb. Cold Press paper, 14” x 11”.
I always teach students to observe closely, especially when it comes to painting windows.
Cindy Guy, a regular student and Watercolor for Life alumna attended the session. Watercolor for Life is a playful nod to the fact that many of the students in my regular Saturday studio classes are there for their tenth, twelfth, or even sixteenth session. Ryan Buckley, a fellow student, my framer, and a good friend, came up with the name for the group.
In “Marshland Fragmentation, Kingsley Plantation, Fort George Island,” Cindy heeds this advice when she chooses her subject at Kingsley: Windows and their reflections. The subject is a window of the Planter’s House at Kingsley Plantation. The view is through one window into the house's interior and two adjacent windows on the other side that look out at the front lawn, river, and marsh.