Castoff is India Ink and pastel art. The light soft approach with the color from the pastel was a conscious choice. It allows the ink art to hold the total picture together like a true drawing. Notice the bow of the boat. This is only the second drawing that has the subject stretch beyond the picture's boarder.

Reflection represents the addition of color BIG time. Color in this drawing is used to set the atmosphere. Chalk pastels were used to create the smoky mysterious atmosphere.

Mystic Boats is a portion of an earlier drawing titled Mystic Seashore. As I worked on Mystic Seashore, my thoughts kept leaning toward adding color to the bottom of the two boats. But coloring the bottom of the boats in Mystic Seashore was not right for the composition. Coloring the boat bottoms in Mystic Boats was needed and completes the composition. Mystic Boats is not only different with the boat bottom colored; it has several changes from Mystic Seashore. India Ink and watercolor.

Mystic Connecticut is a beautiful experience. That is where I saw the building by the water. With the addition of the crab pots and net hanging on the side of the building, the image of a fishing village is complete.