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This week, I'm teaching you how to paint a quick and easy watercolor sailboat landscape!

When I don't have a lot of time or I just want to play with colors and basic shapes, I paint loose-style. It's just whimsical and fun!

This watercolor sailboat takes less than 10 minutes to paint but includes simple techniques to inspire and spark creativity. This is a great tutorial for beginners, too!

Watercolor Sailboat Step by Step

00:00 – Intro. 00:32 – Color mixing. 01:06 – Painting the sail boat. 02:16 – Painting waves. 03:01 – Painting trees and background. 04:53 – Painting the sky. 06:14 – My thoughts on the painting. 06:51 – YOUR thoughts?

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Come "Sailboat" Away In This Watercolor Sailboat Tutorial

Join us in this smooth sailing watercolor sailboat tutorial artist william "bill" dunn demonstrates how to use different techniques to paint this scene of a harbor in fort bragg, california..

"Anchor" yourself into this easy tutorial that shows you how to paint a watercolor sailboat! With artist William "Bill" Dunn captaining this lesson, you'll learn how easy it is to paint this idyllic yet quaint scene of Fort Bragg. Want to watch the video version? The full tutorial is available to members of our  Beeblys WatercolorPainting.com .

Materials Used In This Watercolor Class:

• Reference picture of a harbor in Fort Bragg, California (click  here  for Bill's picture)
• A block of Arches cold press watercolor paper (140lb, size 12″ x 18″)
• Pentel Graphgear 1000 automatic drafting pencil, 0.7mm lead size with 2B lead
• ½" Artist's or masking tape
• Painting palette for watercolor paints
• Auxiliary plate or palette for gouache paint
• A container of water
• Paper towels or a rag
• A tabletop easel or a box to prop your painting on
• A spray bottle with clean water
• Kneaded eraser
• 10" Hyde curved spring aluminum paint shield (or any paint shield)

Paints (Holbein Artists' Watercolors)

• Cadmium Lemon Yellow
• Brilliant Orange
• Pyrrole Red
• Cobalt Violet Light
• Mineral Violet
• Olive Green
• Cobalt Green
• Cerulean Blue
• Cobalt Blue Hue
• Prussian Blue
• Yellow Ochre
• Burnt Sienna
• Burnt Umber
• Neutral Tint
• Ivory Black

Daniel Smith's Extra Fine Watercolors

• Chromium Green Oxide
• Carbazole Violet

Holbein Artists' Gouache

• Permanent White
• Escoda Perla Joseph Zbukvic Series: Round brush (no. 8)
• Escoda Perla Joseph Zbukvic Series: Round brush (no. 12 )
• Escoda Perla Joseph Zbukvic Series: Round brush (no. 20)
• Neef Rigger Supreme Taklon Series: Long handle rigger brush (no. 8)
• Neef Rigger Supreme Taklon Series: Long handle rigger brush (no. 12)
• Winsor & Newton's Cotman Brush Series 111: Round brush (no. 1)
• Loew-Cornell: Chinese bamboo brush (size 2)

Step 1: Anchors Aweigh!

Step 2: A "Wet-In-Wet" Forest

Step 3: How To Paint Tree Shapes

Step 4: "Wet-On-Dry" Buildings

Step 5: Water, Water, Everywhere

Step 6: Adding Contrast, Details, And Texture

Step 7: Details On A Watercolor Sailboat

Step 8: White Paint And More Details

Step 9: Finishing Touches And Painting A Watery Reflection

Step 10: Lettering And Making It "Pop"

Step 11: A Final Sky And Signature

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How to Paint a Sailboat Watercolor Painting Tutorial

Sailing is one of my favorite things to do and painting sailboats is almost as fun! This lovely sailboat flew in the wind on Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island, Maine. It was one of those perfect sailing days. The light sparkled, the wind blew steadily and the last of summer heated the air. Since I didn't have a sailboat there, I sketched and took photos of the sailboats moving up and down the Sound.

The shimmering water is the tricky part of this painting. It's a great opportunity to practice your dry brush! This painting needs rough press paper to get that sparkling water. The rest of the painting is simple. Trees in the distance and a pared down palette. Keep the colors and your brush strokes simple. Sailing at its finest on a summer day in Maine!

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Painting Demonstration 1

Always sketch very lightly in watercolor since most pencil lines will show. You want the focus on the painting, not the drawing. Unless, of course, you're highlighting the pencil lines!

Since I'm painting a light object with a lot of brushstrokes around it (for the water) I can either mask it out, preserve highlights with wax or use white gouache. I decide on a combination of the last two since they feel more spontaneous than masking and I don't have too many bright highlights.

When you use a wax crayon, always remember it's there for better or worse. It will not come off and leave paper the same!

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Painting Demonstration 2

I want barely there water sparkling in the background. Very pale highlights and dark shadows, so dry brush is the solution! Dry brush and texture is why I chose the rough press paper, after all.

With a tricky dry brush where every stroke shows, I like to test the brush a few times on an area of the painting that isn't quite so tricky or a scrap of paper. As you can see, I got the texture just right in the trees at the upper part of the painting. Some extra texture there is perfect and it will be dark enough the individual strokes don't show.

Since all those strokes show up in the water, make them count! Move your brush with the waves. Notice how highlights show up in horizontal swathes across the water. Work with the water, not against it.

A squirrel hair brush is perfect for hit and miss dry brush like this. It barely touches the ridges of the paper so you can really get that sparkle!

Painting Demonstration 3

Since this is dry brush, there's no time between washes! I continue moving around the painting, using slightly varying blues and values. This gives me that great water shimmer! If some of the dry brush hits a still wet area, great! that gives a natural feeling variation.

I still keep everything light in value in this wash. I don't want thick sludgy paint, but effervescent sparkle!

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Painting Demonstration 4

Now that dark background! I want a bit of a a golden glow, but subtle instead of harsh so I use quinacridone gold. This is one of the few paintings I never use a yellow in!

I paint a loose wet brush on dry paper wash of the gold, then drop in pthalocyanine green. I'm keeping it loose since the background is not the focus, the sailboat is!

The reflection of the sailboat is also a golden glow in the water, so I use quinacridone gold again. I'm still painting dry brush since I want the water to sparkle there too, not be dulled. The reflection is also a shadow which makes it quite complicated to paint.

Painting Demonstration 5

Now it's time to turn the golden green into hazy rich darks. While it's drying, I move maroon perylene into the trees to darken them. The rich red helps with the strong, clear color. Then I scrabble in ultramarine blue to make the trees green again. Finally, I add cobalt blue for the slightly opaque haze.

I dash quinacridone dry brush on the wooden mast. A bit of ultramarine blue and pthalo green gives shape to the boat.

Painting Demonstration 6

After the painting has dried completely, I start on the sail. The gorgeous sail is really the star of the painting so it's fun to finally start painting it! Still, it has to be kept simple since there really isn't much to the sail. Quinacridone gold gives the faint glow of the reflecting sun.

I continue adding texture and color to the waves. I need strong darks to balance out the background trees.

I keep a light hand on the waves since the lovely shimmering could be destroyed with a few strokes too many!

Painting Demonstration 7

The last stage is the details and it's hard to keep them from getting too fussy!

I continue the details on the sail. I use the top mainsail reinforcement as an excuse to dull down the arrow pointing the viewer out of the painting!

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Watercolor Sailboat – Tutorial

I enjoy sailing, but never seem to do it enough. It is so very peaceful to sail in the open waters. I love listening to the waves splash against the boat as it zips through the water at the mercy of the wind.

I created this painting last month from an online tutorial. My art for this week is a bit behind schedule with the Thanksgiving holiday but I’m working to catch up. It was my first try at painting waves with watercolor and it was harder than I originally thought. I used a pen for a little outlining and that was it.

This is probably the only painting I’ve ever done without adding bling with Stickles. It was hard to do, but thank goodness I survived, lol.

I hope it inspires you to create!

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I also love being on the water. Peaceful. The mind slows down. Yessss. I love the sky in your painting. It contains the essence of watercolor.

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Thank you Gretchen! I’m glad you liked it 😊

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Bodies of 2 children recovered from Lake Michigan identified as those missing from capsized sailboat 

• Updated: Jul. 18, 2024, 12:31 p.m.
• | Published: Jul. 18, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for an adult and two children from an overdue 18-foot sailing vessel that originally departed from Green Island in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at approximately 4 p.m. on July 13. U.S. Coast Guard

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The bodies of two children recovered from Lake Michigan on Monday have been identified as those who were missing from a capsized sailboat that was found earlier that day, authorities said.

Charlotte Salnik, 5, and Joshua Salnik, 3, were recovered from Green Bay south of Chambers Island, about three nautical miles from where their family’s sailboat was found, the Oconto County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.

Autopsies were conducted Tuesday, police said, but official causes of death have not been released.

Their father, Bill Salnik, 32, of Little Suamico, Wis., remains missing. He was the only other person aboard the sailboat.

“All search operations will continue with no plans to suspend until further notice,” the sheriff’s office said.

The effort includes drones and K9 assisted marine searches, police said.

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The family was last heard from around 4 p.m. Saturday when they departed from Green Island in Lake Michigan’s Green Bay. They were expected to return to a marina near Oconto, Wis., but never arrived. Officials were notified that they were missing Sunday afternoon.

Salnik’s truck and trailer were found at the boat launch. His phone was going straight to voicemail.

At 6:22 a.m. Monday, the capsized 18-foot Gulf Coast Sailboat was found just south of Chambers Island. It was towed to shore. No one was found near the vessel and the search continued.

Charlotte and Joshua were found Monday afternoon.

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Bill Shepler, captain and co-founder of Mackinac Island ferry fleet, passes away

The captain and co-founder of Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry, known for his personable nature and perfectionism when it came to customer service, has died, the company announced Thursday.

"Bill's dedication and passion for connecting people to the beauty of Mackinac Island created unforgettable memories for countless guests," the company said in a statement on Facebook. "His legacy of service, leadership and community spirit will forever be a part of our lives."

Shepler was 92. A cause of death was not listed.

Bret Marr, a Lansing lobbyist whose firm represented the ferry company, remembered Shepler as a "great ambassador" for the Pure Michigan tourism campaign who loved talking to out-of-state visitors and encouraged Michiganians to visit the Straits of Mackinac during the last few weeks of the summer season.

"He knew everybody's name," Marr said. "You met him once, you knew him for life."

Marr added that despite the ubiquity of the Shepler's blue-and-white ferries, Shepler didn't take it for granted.

"I think that's why, even in his 80s, you would still see him up there schlepping luggage; helping people unload their cars," Marr said. "He was just another team member."

According to the company's website, Shepler's father Capt. William Shepler started the company as a snack bar for passengers waiting for the ferry to Mackinac Island after he went home to Mackinaw in the spring of 1945. The first two boats used by the company, one of which Bill Shepler piloted, were named "Miss Penny" after the captain's daughter and "The Fiji" after Bill Shepler's fraternity.

The company added a boat called the "William Richard" to its fleet in 2020.

Dan Musser, the former owner of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island and the current chair of Arnold Freight Company, said he knew Shepler all his life. He remembered Shepler as committed to making sure guests coming to the island had a good experience on their way.

The few times he had the chance to be at the fleet's Mackinaw City dock, Musser said, Shepler was there, greeting people and even cleaning the ferry boats.

For most visitors to Mackinac Island, Shepler's ferry boats were their first impression of an island without cars.

"And he did it with great efficiency and flair," Musser told The Detroit News.

Cleanliness was one particular point of pride for Shepler, Musser said.

"I know how hard it is to keep a boat clean," Musser said. "Mr. Shepler really perfected that."

Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry sold in 2022 to Naples, Florida-based Hoffmann Family of Companies, but the Shepler family remained partial owners and stayed involved in the day-to-day operations.

A division of Hoffmann also recently acquired Mackinac Island Ferry Co., another ferry boat operator that runs ferries across the Straits of Mackinac from Mackinaw City and St. Ignace, according to an announcement in June.

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Duluth sightseeing boat hits breakwater; several people hurt.

Several people was treated for injuries after the Vista Star, a sightseeing boat in Duluth, struck a breakwater late Saturday, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said.

Emergency services received a call about 10:45 p.m. that the Vista Star had hit the Wisconsin Entry breakwater but was not taking on water, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

The boat had 84 people aboard, according to the release.

Responders, including the county Rescue Squad, U.S. Coast Guard and Duluth Fire Department, found the Vista Star listing to one side in 5-foot waves, the release said.

One injured person reportedly was taken to Aspirus St. Luke's Hospital for treatment.

Dan Wolfe of Northern News Now posted a picture of Vista Star passengers in life jackets and reported that its crew had struggled to open a hatch to check whether the boat was taking on water.

The Vista Star was escorted back to its slip under its own power, where several people were checked out for minor injuries.

The Sheriff's Office was investigating the collision.

Greta Kaul is the Star Tribune’s Ramsey County reporter.

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