Kiawah Island Beach

Kiawah Island Beach
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Summer 98
Watercolor on cold press Lana paper
6 x 4", archival mat & backing to 10 x 8"
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I can't remember exactly how it all came together, but I was hired to teach weekly drawing and watercolor classes to guests at the Kiawah Island Resort. I could not have asked for a better way to workshop a class. The guests ranged in age from 10 years to 80+ with as wide a variety of backgrounds. We had a wonderful variety of scenes to draw and paint including this scene looking south from the board walk.

I looked forward to the beautiful and serene drive each Wednesday, down to Kiawah Island from Charleston. My two hour drawing class began at 8 AM at picnic tables on a deck surrounded by Cabbage Palms. Often, an entirely new group would meet for watercolor class from 10:30 to 12:30. After four hours of teaching, I'd eat some lunch, make a little painting (if I had it in me) and then take a nice swim and walk north of the stretch of beach shown in this painting.

One very important thing about this painting is that I left the pencil out of the equation. This was a natural result of my teaching and doing demos in class. For the longest time, I'd felt as though I was leaning way too hard on draughtsmanship in my paintings. Finally, I'd learned to fly solo with watercolors.

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