tug boats
Between cloud and sun, the tug boats’ surrounding color kept changing from gray to blue. Blue color however did not work well with this painting. Lighter shade of green worked better to complement red and yellow. I borrowed darker shade of blue from a near by boat ‘Mistress’ and added in a few selected places including the lines of the door on a yellow/red tug boat. After a few hours of working today, the painting looks complete.
Tug boats
New Bedford piers are full of many colorful large and small boats ranging from black to bright Magenta. Two tug boats with combination of primary colors; yellow, red and white stripes against the blue ocean stood out as a challenge. I spend a few hours this Saturday drawing and editing then I decided to lay down a first layer of colors. The white vertical railings against horizontal yellow and red bands seemed attractive but a distraction. However, I decided to keep a long horizontal bar from the railing. Among all the squares and the rectangles, a round wheel seemed necessary. I looked for any other small curves I could find to introduce in this space, fortunately there were plenty. Around 5 pm I had to stop painting since the light has changed a lot and the boat seemed to be sinking as the water level was lowering down. I can’t wait to return to this place again to complete this painting.