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Today, we were unsure of where we were supposed to go to meet everyone who was painting that day.  We made a plan to travel to Herring River and drove to a small parking area next to a marsh and channel with boats tied up to the docks at the individual homes.  I decided to paint two red boats on the far side away from the other painters; Rita sat on her lawn chair recliner, reading and catching some rays from the sun.

It was a windy day and the two boats I was painting moved back and forth as I did my pencil sketch of them.  I finally was able to get a fairly decent composition in my drawing but the boats never did settle back into the position I had placed them in.  They would move slowly into the position and then as I quickly placed the shadows in, they moved away again.  One of the boats is called “Hero” and the painting is yet to be titled.  Maybe “Hero on the Marshes” might be a title to consider.  I love red and green together; they are exciting complimentary colors!