Embroidered Collage

  The most striking visual image from Zandvoort was the kite flying.  While I was out on the beach that first afternoon I saw four or five groups of people with these huge kites up in the breeze.  There may be another term for the kites or the sport, but I couldn't find it while googling.  The person would sit on the ground and with the arms up manipulate the arch of fabric in the wind so it swooped and spun.  One person took theirs out on the water with some help and used it to pull them across the waves.  It was quite a sight.

I did this watercolor later in the evening.  The colors are a bit richer than reality, as the sky and sea almost blended together in one shade of steely grey.  I love the composition.  The simple split of thirds with the focal point of a bright color.  This is another image I think I'd like to take a little further into a completed work of art.