
Where have I been these last several weeks? Busy with online classes in drawing as a prelim to painting and hand sewing 18th century stays. So, I have been doing things, but have had so many other distractions that I have not been too active online here. So, today, a gouache, just because paint needs to be used to feel like a normal person.
Jalama Beach is in San Luis Obispo County along the central coast of California. It is a strange, remote beach. Winds blow the sea foam onto the sand, and it can look like very dirty snow. The first time I came here was in my teens – a long, long time ago. Then you could get abalones just by picking them up, and the beach was littered with their shells, big ones easily 8-10 inches in diameter. (Tasty critters, I will say.)
Winter time brings erratic tides, scudding clouds, and wind that can blow fierce and cold. Sandpipers and gulls wheel overhead as the wind beats you back. The wildness of the place is something that anyone who has been to a lonely beach can understand. I think I caught it (for myself at least) here.
Love it! Looks wild and windy!
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Thanks, Fraggy! Sometimes it’s pretty dull here in SoCal as far as weather goes, so wind (not the east winds and heat that bring fire) from the north and rain are a bit of heaven!
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Beautiful- you’ve portrayed the wind blowing! I like the idea that the paints get lonely if they are not used.
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Thanks, Margaret! I am glad you like it! 😉
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