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Afternoon Sky

I bought some new paper, real watercolour paper this time, rather than the stuff I brought with me. That was probably just printmaking paper, so its surface couldn't take any abuse. I thought this new stuff might suit better for skies, which tend to need several layers. Well, it might, but I learned that Ican't use an opaque watercolour on it. It has far too much - and too regular - a texture. The granules of pigment sink into the grooves, and one get's a vertical sky! Ha.

TODAY'S TIDBIT

There are three kinds of gulls around here. One, the Black-backed, is quite large and heavy-bodied. The other two, the Red-billed gull and the Black-billed gull are both tiny and quite delicate. The Red-billed, which is quite common on local beaches, has bright red beak, legs and eyes. It also has a very red inside of its mouth as we saw today when a nearby specimen yawned!