This is a little boat miniature I just finished for Christmas (it was painted to be a surprise gift, so I couldn’t post the progress for everyone earlier…). I’m not an expert in boat related topics, and I’ve never painted a boat before, so this was a new feat. It’s also probably the one and only maritime painting that will have my name on it for some time 
. I normally focus on all of the shorebirds when I see a scene like this. (…chasing them down the beach with my sketch book and camera… )
. I normally focus on all of the shorebirds when I see a scene like this. (…chasing them down the beach with my sketch book and camera… )
This is a fishing boat from Maine. I placed it in a morning sunrise setting. In my trips to the East coast, my favorite part of visiting is seeing the colors, (sunrise or sunset) on the ocean, the calming movement of the water, and the smell of the fresh morning air. So in this painting, I tried to paint the feeling of those beautiful hazy views into the piece.
No worries, though - I won’t become a nautical or maritime ship painter anytime soon. (…I wouldn’t mind painting the birds, though…. 
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December 26th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Well, I think you can paint almost everything you get your mind in to.
That boatpainting is a fine piece of work if you ask me.
Very Good work !!!
December 28th, 2007 at 1:13 am
Thank you, Philip. This was a fun painting to do. I liked making the atmosphere in it and all of the texture on the boat. I suppose if I were to paint more boats, I would have to go research a bit more about them. …but I really like painting the fur, feathers, and sparkling eyes on the wildlife that I paint. So like I said - not for a while.
Normally I wouldn’t have painted a boat at all, but this was something special. Something I had to do.
I have been working on it for a while, just was finally able to finish it in time for Christmas.
Again, thank you very much - glad you like it.
- Rebecca