Hinckley Boatyard Painting

Hinckley Yachts make some of the most beautiful boats in the world. Their workshop is located right next the the street in Manset, Maine. I always enjoy passing by their buildings since you never know what you'll see. This beautiful sailboat was being pulled from the harbor to have work done on it. The massive girders cradling the sailboat is quite a sight to see!

Manset is a charming street or two of a town next to Southwest Harbor. They have a tiny public beach I've sketched seals from and exquisite boats at harbor. I taught a workshop sketching there once - so much to paint it was hard to decide! Every time we go, we always plan to buy a summer house there...

To see a YouTube painting tutorial of how this was painted, visit PaintingWatercolor.com.

The color almost glows, even though it's a very simple palette. There's also a lot of texture, so I went with the happy medium of cold press paper.

It's a beautiful sailboat on a late summer Maine day!