This first painting, completed in about 40 minutes, is of the famous Diamond Head crater that overlooks Waikiki beach. As I painted, I was amazed at how the ever changing cloud cover altered the look and feel of the mountain. The clouds cast deep shadows on Diamond Head as they passed over and revealed deep craps when they floated by.
I sat balanced on these rocks, with my paints and pad on my lap. At one point, I had two paint brushes chomped between my teeth. It has to be one of the most precarious sitting positions that I have ever painted by. As I was finishing, the tide was coming in and starting to splash me. If I had not finished when I did, I would have had to wade in the ocean to make it back to the beach.
This second painting is of the view from my hotel room. I sat on the lanai, once again amazed at the wonderful clouds that appeared to be hooked to the mountains by gossamer strings. Bob Ross would definitely love these happy little clouds. This painting took about 45-50 minutes and shows, I think, my own personal evolution in painting with watercolor. The colors are much less flat and much more dynamic than painting in Munich. I choose to include the buildings, to one show scale and two because I am so horrible at painting buildings (this was a personal challenge).
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