Under the sea...

A few weeks ago I went on a day trip with my 'watercolor painter' friends. One of our stops was a dock/marina area. It seemed a great place to take photos for future paintings.

You need to know...I do not enjoy painting boats...  But, I found so many other interesting things as I looked around. Here are just a few of the photos I took.

A week or so after these were taken, I signed up for a class in composition. One of the suggested assignments was to take some photos, cut them into pieces and use them in a new way. Our instructor gave us a blank canvas...

There is more and more discussion these days about how we are polluting our oceans. I latched onto that theme.

 I began by painting the canvas blue/green... and cut up some of the photos.

I like the colors here...needed to put a few more 'grasses.' I may end up separating the rusty cans some, but this is it so far.

Look back at the photos. Can you find where these pieces originally appeared?