IsabeauxStudio

Two weeks ago Sunday, Matt was feeling the itch to get in the water.  I suppose he wanted to make up for the lack of body boarding in Hawaii.  He suggested a spur of the moment trip to Santa Cruz.  It sounded like a plan to me, as I was still reeling from the shock of being back at work.  A little road trip would be a nice diversion. 

I grabbed my painting gear and Matt grabbed all his gear (it is amazing how much stuff we pack for a day trip) and we left pretty early.  The destination was Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz. 

I parked myself on the overlook, and set up camp while Matt got into the water.  It was a beautiful day, in the high 60's so I was happy as a clam.  It is a well known surf spot with plenty of people around.  A perfect spot if I ever wanted to pick up a guy as I got this comment (one of several) while painting,  "Dude, you do watercolors????........Coooooool."

Here is the piece that I did from that vantage point.  Notice how similar it is in look to the piece from Honalua Bay in Hawaii.  The background is not quite done.  I quite like the rock in the foreground, and how  the wet sand turned out.  I still need to work on the execution of my trees as I found that green was a hard color to control.  But I am improving each time I do a new piece and gaining more confidence as I work around  people out doors.