Most of the area around the edge of the bays here has been frozen for a few weeks. When the tide comes in and out it breaks up the ice into large and small chunks...think a bay sized slurp. lol
The ice clanging together makes a lot of noise and when it cracks it makes noise too. When I was down by the Sayville dock the other day, the wind was really blowing and there were whitecaps on the bay which kept hitting the frozen chunks. It was wild! I was sitting in my car on the dock looking back toward the shore. This was done in my Stillman & Birn (new) Beta Bound Sketchbook and is about 5 x 7.
Seeing your cold and frozen landscapes Joan is giving me an idea of what you are going through over there. Your beautiful sketches are a fabulous way of recording day to day history. Thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteA great sketch with the high horizon to portray the lively foreground which has good perspective - always tricky but you've nailed it here! I love "Iced In" too, superb the way you've used the posts to great effect to give this picture recession, clever. The shadows are great too!! I get a kind of forlorn yet inviting atmosphere from this. Love it. Top job!!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful sketch, Joan. The ice must have looked so beautiful especially when the tide comes in..... Great job...
ReplyDeleteJoan - love how you captured the cracks in the ice. Makes me feel I am standing right there. Hope you are staying warm through all the bad weather that came your way. Take care and have a great finish to your week.
ReplyDeleteBrrrrr!! I have never heard ice cracking like that out in nature! I guess I'll stop complaining about our wind and rain!
ReplyDeleteI really love the skerrick of blue that is peeping through the clouds. I loved hearing what the sound effects were while you were painting. I hope you get some nice weather soon Joan but in the meantime I'm enjoying all your amazing scenes!
ReplyDeleteA most gorgeous view!!
ReplyDeleteLaura - Thanks. Can you see it is slowly melting? lol
ReplyDeleteKevin - Thanks. I think most of us here are saying "enough already."
Hilda - The ice gets such nice shading. Thank you.
Debbie - Luckily it has finally warmed up a bit and things are melting, which I hope doesn't create more of a problem. Thanks.
Tina - That's a benefit of living in the northeast. lol
Wendy - Thanks so much!
Sherry - Thanks!
I think I can hear those sounds as I read your great descriptive narrative along with viewing your sketch. Brilliant
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Lorraine!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Lorraine!
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